JLPT N3 · Verb

上る (noboru)

上る (のぼる, noboru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to ascend; to go up”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
のぼる
Romaji
noboru
Word class
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to ascend; to go up; to climb · godan verb, intransitive
  2. to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise · godan verb, intransitive
  3. to go to (the capital) · godan verb, intransitive
  4. to add up to · godan verb, intransitive
  5. to advance (in price) · godan verb, intransitive

Example sentences

あなたは、上れませんよ。
You cannot climb!
そのとき太陽がのぼるところだった。
The sun was coming up then.
損失は100万ドル以上にのぼる。
The loss adds up to more than one million dollars.

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

Conjugation of 上る

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

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary上るのぼる noboru
Polite (~masu)上りますのぼります noborimasu
Negative上らないのぼらない noboranai
Polite negative上りませんのぼりません noborimasen
Past上ったのぼった nobotta
Polite past上りましたのぼりました noborimashita
Negative past上らなかったのぼらなかった noboranakatta
Te-form上ってのぼって nobotte
Potential上れるのぼれる noboreru
Passive上られるのぼられる noborareru
Causative上らせるのぼらせる noboraseru
Volitional上ろうのぼろう noborou
Imperative上れのぼれ nobore
Conditional (~ba)上ればのぼれば noboreba

Kanji in 上る

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 上る.

Source: JMdict entry 1352570 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.