上る: to rise
上る agaru
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade
JLPT N4Everyday actions
上る noboru
to ascend; to go up
JLPT N5Nature & weather
Kanji in this word
Example sentences
From the lesson 気候と自然
東日本には、どんぐりや栗などの木の実と、川をのぼるサケが、たくさんあったからです。
This is because eastern Japan had plenty of nuts such as acorns and chestnuts, and salmon swimming up the rivers.
From the lesson 人の数と暮らしの変化
From the lesson 高床倉庫と米の保存
追い出されたスサノオは、「母のいる根の国へ行く前に、姉のアマテラスに会いたい」と言って、高天原へ上っていきました。
Driven out, Susanoo said, “Before I go to the Land of Roots where my mother is, I want to see my elder sister Amaterasu,” and he went up to Takamagahara.
From the lesson 誓約とスサノオのあばれ