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1. godan verb, intransitive verbto ascend; to go up; to climb
   あなたは、上のぼれませんよ。↗

   You cannot climb!
2. godan verb, intransitive verbto ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise
   そのとき太陽たいようがのぼるところだった。↗

   The sun was coming up then.
3. godan verb, intransitive verbto go to (the capital)
4. godan verb, intransitive verbto be promoted
5. godan verb, intransitive verbto add up to
   損失そんしつは１００万いちれいれいまんドル以上いじょうにのぼる。↗

   The loss adds up to more than one million dollars.
6. godan verb, intransitive verbto advance (in price)
7. godan verb, intransitive verbto swim up (a river); to sail up
   彼かれらは川かわを舟ふねをこいで上のぼった。↗

   They rowed up the river.
8. godan verb, intransitive verbto come up (on the agenda)
   議題ぎだいに上のぼっている項目こうもくの議論ぎろんを続つづけましょう。↗

   Let's proceed with the items on the agenda.

• Synonym上昇じょうしょうWrittenWritten/formal prose. A Sino-Japanese word for rising in position or value, as in 「気温が上昇する」; mostly seen with data and in news reporting.
• Related昇進しょうしんFormalFormal. Promotion to a higher post or rank, as in 「部長に昇進する」; not for rising in physical space.
• Related出世しゅっせNeutralNeutral. Getting ahead in society or one's career, with the emphasis on life success; never describes physical movement.
• Related増加ぞうかWrittenWritten/formal prose for numbers growing, as in 「人口が増加する」; it is about quantity, not height.
• Related増進ぞうしんWrittenWritten/formal prose for abilities or states improving — strength, appetite — as in 「食欲増進」; the emphasis is on a state getting better.
• Related伸びるのびるNeutralNeutral. Stretching, lengthening or growing, as in 「身長が伸びる」「売上が伸びる」; the image is extension, not upward motion.
• Related騰貴とうきWrittenWritten/formal prose, an economics term for prices or market rates rising, as in 「物価騰貴」; everyday speech says 「値上がり」.
• Related高まるたかまるNeutralNeutral. For degrees or atmosphere rising, as in 「関心が高まる」; used with abstract things.
• Related立ち上るたちのぼるNeutralNeutral. Used when smoke, steam or aromas rise upward; the subject is not a person, as in 「湯気が立ち上る」.
• Related差し上るさしのぼるWrittenWritten/formal prose with a literary flavor: the sun or moon rising. In everyday speech you would simply say 「昇る」.
• Related上騰じょうとうWrittenWritten/formal prose for prices and the like going up; very rare — in daily speech say 「上昇」 or 「値上がり」.
• AntonymさがるNeutralNeutral antonym of 「上る」: moving down in position or dropping in value, and also stepping back, as in 「気温が下がる」.
• Antonym下るくだるNeutralThe same word 「下がる」 as above; here it covers degrees or grades dropping, as in 「熱が下がる」「成績が下がる」 — the opposite of rising.
• Antonym降りるおりるNeutralNeutral antonym of 「上る」: coming down from a high place or getting off a vehicle, as in 「山を降りる」.

For going up, the default is 「上る／登る／昇る」. Use 「上昇」 for numerical rises, 「立ち上る」 for smoke and steam, 「昇進」 for promotion and 「高まる」 for rising degrees; come down with 「下がる」 or 「降りる」. Quantity grows with 「増加」, length and sales with 「伸びる」, careers with 「出世」; 「差し上る」「上騰」「騰貴」 are rare written terms.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 低ひくい地点ちてんから高たかい地点ちてんへ移うつる。
2. 【昇のぼる、登のぼる】他たの所ところより高たかい地点ちてんへ動うごいていく。
3. 【上うえ】道みちなどを用もちいて高たかい地点ちてんや上流じょうりゅうへ動うごく。
4. 程度ていどが高たかくなる。また比較ひかくして程度ていどが高たかい。
5. 【昇のぼる】太陽たいようや月つきなどが地平線ちへいせんより上うえに現あらわれる。
6. 【上うえ】都とへ行いく。
7. 【上うえ】御座所ござしょ近ちかくへ参上さんじょうする。
8. 【上うえ】（「頭あたまに血ちが上のぼる」）かっとなる。のぼせる。
9. 【上うえ、騰】相当そうとう大おおきな数量すうりょうになる。
10. 【上うえ】話題わだいとされる。