► 動詞
上がる [あがる] [polite] meaning: enter rank: 1
☆ どうぞ、上がって下さい、御上がり下さい ⇨ Please come on inside (the house) (☛ Japanese houses have raised floors, and you take your shoes off before step on the floors. Most office buildings don’t have raised floors, and 入る is used instead of 上がる)
上がる [あがる] meaning: get on rank: 1
☆ 彼は屋根の上に上がった ⇨ He got on top of the roof
上がる [あがる] [coll] meaning: nervous rank: 1
☆ 彼女の前で上がってしまって言おうとしたことが言えなかった ⇨ I got so nervous in front of her that I couldn’t say what I wanted to say (☛ Get nervous because of stagefright, or getting starstruck)
上がる [あがる] meaning: produce rank: 1
☆ 一定期間続けないと効果が上がらない ⇨ You have to continue for a specific period for it to be effective
☆ 新事業で予想外の利益が上がった ⇨ The new business raised unexpected profits
上がる [あがる] meaning: rise rank: 1
☆ ガソリンの値段がまた上がった ⇨ The gas price has gone up again
☆ チームは五位から三位にまで上がった ⇨ The team has gone up from the fifth to the third in the standing
☆ 煙突から煙が上がった ⇨ Smoke rose from the chimney
☆ 舞台の幕が上がった ⇨ The stage curtain has gone up
上がる [あがる] [coll] meaning: advance rank: 3
☆ うちの子供が小学校に上がった ⇨ My child has advanced to elementary school
► 成句
上がる [あがる] [安く上がる] [coll] meaning: price rank: 2
☆ 屋根の修理は思ったよりずっと安く上がった ⇨ The repair of the roof cost much less than expected (☛ Cost less than expected. The opposite is “高く付く”)
More examples:
- 彼女は倒れた後起き上がることが出来なかった ⇨ She wasn’t able to stand on her feet after falling down
- もうほんの数分で出来上がる ⇨ It will be done in just a few minutes
- 物価が上がると資産価値は相対的に下がる ⇨ When the consumer prices go up, the relative value of assets will go down
- 物価は上がる一方だ ⇨ Consumer prices just go up (never go down)
- 物価は上がるだけで下がる事はない ⇨ The prices only go up, and going down never happens. They never go down
- 科学者は地球の平均気温は次の十年で一度上がると予測している ⇨ Scientists predict the average temperature of the earth will rise by 1C in the next decade
- 諸君！国政を変えるために立ち上がるべきだ ⇨ All of you! We need to stand up to change the politics of this country
- 修理はもうすぐ出来上がる ⇨ The repair will be done shortly
- 彼が舞台に上がるとファンは半狂乱になった ⇨ When he got on the stage the fans went into a frenzy
- 水を加圧すると沸点が上がる ⇨ When you apply pressure to water the boiling point will rise