上がる (Agaru) is a Japanese godan verb meaning “to rise, to go up, to come up, to ascend”.
Meanings
- godan verb, intransitive verbto rise; to go up; to come up; to ascend; to be raised
- godan verb, intransitive verbto enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to go in
- godan verb, intransitive verbto enter (a school); to advance to the next grade
- godan verb, intransitive verbto get out (of water); to come ashore; to be washed ashore
- godan verb, intransitive verbto float atop the water; to surface from the sea (e.g. of a corpse); to rise to the surface
- godan verb, intransitive verbto increase; to be raised (e.g. of a salary); to riseocc. as 騰る in ref. to money
Examples
幕があがった。
The curtain rose.
熱が上がった。
The fever has risen.
物価が上がった。
The price rose.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).