How to say "rise" in Japanese

• 上がるあがるJLPT N4approx.Common
  godan verb, intransitive verbThe default verb for something rising or going up: prices, temperature, smoke, or a person ascending. Covers both physical upward movement and increases in levels or figures.
• アップJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, noun (suffix), suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbA loanword noun meaning rise or increase, as in prices or pay going up. It appears mostly in set expressions and commercial or media language rather than as an ordinary verb choice.
  トムは勤務きんむ終了時間しゅうりょうじかんを超こえて働はたらくと、５割わりアップの時給じきゅうをもらっていた。↗

  Tom got time and a half when he worked beyond his usual quitting time.
• 起きるおきるJLPT N5approx.Common
  ichidan verb, intransitive verbCovers rising from bed or sleep — getting up in the morning. It can also describe a fire blazing up, but for most other senses of 'rise' this is not the word you want.
  ６時じごろ起おきた。↗

  I got up at about six.
• 立つたつJLPT N5approx.Common
  godan verb, intransitive verbMeans to rise in the sense of standing up or getting to one's feet, and hairs standing on end. If 'rise' means moving from sitting or lying to standing, this is the natural choice.
  次々つぎつぎに立たって出でていった。↗

  One after another they stood up and went out.
• 高まるたかまるJLPT N1approx.Common
  godan verb, intransitive verbUsed when something rises in degree or intensity — expectations, tension, enthusiasm swelling or heightening. It suits abstract things rising, not physical objects moving upward.
  歓呼かんこの声こえはどよめきにまで高たかまった。↗

  The cheers swelled to a roar.

Use 「上がる」 for things going up in level or position, 「起きる」 for getting out of bed, 「立つ」 for standing up, 「高まる」 for rising intensity, and 「アップ」 mainly in loanword contexts for increases.

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• 上がるあがるto rise
• アップrise
• 起きるおきるto get up
• 立つたつto stand (up)
• 高まるたかまるto rise
• 向上こうじょうelevation
• 増加ぞうかincrease
• 盛り上がるもりあがるto swell
• 立ち上がるたちあがるto stand up
• 起き上がるおきあがるto rise
• あがりrise
• 台頭たいとうrise (e.g. of a movement)
• 高まりたかまりrise
• 持ち上がるもちあがるto be lifted
• 込み上げるこみあげるto well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.)
• そびえるto rise (of a building, mountain, etc.)
• 興隆こうりゅうrise
• 上り調子のぼりちょうしrise
• 興起こうきrise
• 騰貴とうきrise (in price or value)
• 立ち上るたちのぼるto rise (of smoke, steam, etc.)
• のし上がるのしあがるto rise (to a high position)
• そそり立つそそりたつto rise (steeply)
• 競り上がるせりあがるto rise (of the bid price at an auction)
• 経上がるへあがるto rise
• 興るおこるto rise
• 海膨かいぼうrise
• 起き返るおきかえるto rise
• 差し上るさしのぼるto rise (e.g. sun, moon)
• 体を起こすからだをおこすto rise
• そり立つそりたつto rise (steeply)
• みこしを上げるみこしをあげるto rise (from one's seat)
• 栄達えいたつfame
• そばだつto tower
• 込み上がるこみあがるto well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.)
• 起つたつto take action
• 上騰じょうとうadvance
• 蹴上げけあげriser (in a building)
• 舞い立つまいたつto fly up (as if dancing)
• おっ立つおったつto stand (up)
• アップターンupturn (e.g. in the economy)
• 上るのぼるto ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun)
• 上げあげrise (e.g. in price)
• 満ちるみちるto rise (of the tide)
• 隆起りゅうきrise
• 満ち足りるみちたりるto rise (of the tide)
• 満つみつto rise (e.g. tide)
• 這い上がるはいあがるto overcome (a bad situation)
• 胎動たいどうsigns (of)
• あげる(of the tide) to come in
• 差すさすto rise (of water levels)
• 直るなおるto be promoted
• 揚がるあがるto rise