JLPT N3 · Verb

昇る (noboru)

昇る (のぼる, noboru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise”. 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 (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise · godan verb, intransitive
  2. to be promoted · godan verb, intransitive

Example sentences

そのとき太陽がのぼるところだった。
The sun was coming up then.

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

Conjugation of 昇る

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

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

Kanji in 昇る

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 昇る.

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