JLPT N4 · Verb

上がる (agaru)

上がる (あがる, agaru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to rise; to go up”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
あがる
Romaji
agaru
Word class
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
Level
JLPT N4 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to rise; to go up; to come up; to ascend; to be raised · godan verb, intransitive
  2. to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to go in · godan verb, intransitive
  3. to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade · godan verb, intransitive
  4. to get out (of water); to come ashore; to be washed ashore · godan verb, intransitive
  5. to float atop the water; to surface from the sea (e.g. of a corpse); to rise to the surface · godan verb, intransitive

Example sentences

2階へ上がると赤城山がよく見える。
There's a good view of Mt. Akagi from upstairs.
我々はエレベーターで上がったり降りたりした。
We went up and down by elevator.
家にあがる前に靴を脱げば靴の泥を家の中に持ち込まずにすむ。
If you take your shoes off before coming into the house you won't bring in any dirt from your shoes.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 上がる

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary上がるあがる agaru
Polite (~masu)上がりますあがります agarimasu
Negative上がらないあがらない agaranai
Polite negative上がりませんあがりません agarimasen
Past上がったあがった agatta
Polite past上がりましたあがりました agarimashita
Negative past上がらなかったあがらなかった agaranakatta
Te-form上がってあがって agatte
Potential上がれるあがれる agareru
Passive上がられるあがられる agarareru
Causative上がらせるあがらせる agaraseru
Volitional上がろうあがろう agarou
Imperative上がれあがれ agare
Conditional (~ba)上がればあがれば agareba

Kanji in 上がる

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 上がる.

Source: JMdict entry 1352290 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.