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向上 (こうじょう): rise, improvement, progress — Japanese vocabulary

向上 is read こうじょう and means "rise, improvement, progress". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

向上

Reading
こうじょう · koujou
Translation
rise, improvement, progress
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
こうじょうが

Example

近代的方法で産業は向上した。

きんだいてきほうほうでさんぎょうはこうじょうした。

Modern methods improved industry.

Kanji in this word

  • 向 — Yonder, Facing, Beyond
  • 上 — up, above

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