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上る (のぼる): to ascend, to go up, to climb — Japanese vocabulary

上る is read のぼる and means "to ascend, to go up, to climb". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

上る

Reading
のぼる · noboru
Translation
to ascend, to go up, to climb
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
のぼるが

Example

上へ昇れば昇るほど、それだけ墜落の程度は大きくなる。

うえへのぼればのぼるほど、それだけついらくのていどはおおきくなる。

The higher you climb, the greater the fall.

Kanji in this word

  • 上 — up, above

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