上がる

あがる

To rise; to go up; to enter

N4verb·agaru

How to remember it

上 (up) + がる — picture something rising; also stepping up into a house.

Example sentences

  • 物価がまた上がりました。

    ぶっかがまたあがりました。

    Prices have gone up again.

  • どうぞ、お上がりください。

    どうぞ、おあがりください。

    Please, come on in (step up into the house).

Usage

Antonym is 下がる; politely means entering a room off the genkan.

Related words

上る(のぼる)下がる(さがる)上がり(あがり)登る(のぼる)

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