持ち上がる・持上がる・持ち上る・持上る|もちあがるmochiagaru[5]odaka (tail-high)
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Which spelling to use
持ち上がる持ち上がる is the most common written form. It uses mixed kanji and kana and is the form beginners should choose when writing.
持上がる持上がる is less common than 持ち上がる. It is another mixed kanji-and-kana spelling, so you may encounter it as a written variant.
持ち上る持ち上る is less common than 持ち上がる and 持上がる. It is a mixed kanji-and-kana spelling and may appear as a written variant.
持上る持上る is the least common of these written forms. It uses mixed kanji and kana, but beginners should choose 持ち上がる instead.
Definitions
- godan verb, intransitive verbto be lifted; to be raised; to rise; to go up
- godan verb, intransitive verbto happen suddenly; to occur; to come up; to turn up
- godan verb, intransitive verbto be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 持ち上がる（もちあがる） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 持ち上がります（もちあがります） |
| Negative (nai) | 持ち上がらない（もちあがらない） |
| polite (masen) | 持ち上がりません（もちあがりません） |
| classical zu / nu | 持ち上がらず・持ち上がらぬ（もちあがらず・もちあがらぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 持ち上がった（もちあがった） |
| polite (mashita) | 持ち上がりました（もちあがりました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 持ち上がらなかった（もちあがらなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 持ち上がりませんでした（もちあがりませんでした） |
| Te form | 持ち上がって（もちあがって） |
| Potential | 持ち上がれる（もちあがれる） |
| Passive | 持ち上がられる（もちあがられる） |
| Causative | 持ち上がらせる（もちあがらせる） |
| Causative passive | 持ち上がらせられる・持ち上がらされる（もちあがらせられる・もちあがらされる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 持ち上がれば（もちあがれば） |
| tara | 持ち上がったら（もちあがったら） |
| Volitional | 持ち上がろう（もちあがろう） |
| polite (mashou) | 持ち上がりましょう（もちあがりましょう） |
| Imperative | 持ち上がれ（もちあがれ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Transitive / intransitive pair
箱が持ち上がる
持ち上がる presents the box rising as a spontaneous event, while 持ち上げる specifies that an agent deliberately lifts the box.
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Synonyms & antonyms
- Related起こるおこるNeutralThe most general verb for something happening or occurring; unlike 「持ち上がる」 it does not suggest a problem or matter suddenly coming up.
- Related沸き起こるわきおこるNeutralFor cheers or applause welling up from a crowd; unlike 「持ち上がる」 it is not about problems or matters coming up.
- Related発生はっせいNeutralA noun for occurrence or generation (of accidents, heat, power); leans written, and unlike 「持ち上がる」 it does not focus on a problem coming up.
- Related起きるおきるNeutralCovers getting up and waking as well as incidents happening; unlike 「持ち上がる」 it does not suggest a problem suddenly coming up.
- Related生じるしょうじるNeutralTo produce or arise; written in tone, and it lacks the sense of something suddenly cropping up that 「持ち上がる」 carries.
- Related生ずるしょうずるWrittenThe written-form equivalent of 「生じる」, meaning to produce or arise; unlike 「持ち上がる」 it does not focus on a problem coming up.
- Related湧くわくNeutralFor water, sweat or tears welling up and feelings or interest arising; unlike 「持ち上がる」 it is not about problems coming up.
- Related出来しゅったいWrittenAn old-fashioned noun for occurrence or completion; unlike 「持ち上がる」 it does not focus on a problem coming up.
- Related偶発ぐうはつNeutralA noun for things happening by chance or unexpectedly; unlike 「持ち上がる」 it stresses accident rather than a problem coming up.
- Related湧き上がるわきあがるNeutralFor liquids boiling up or cheers and feelings surging; stresses rising momentum, while 「持ち上がる」 is about problems or matters suddenly coming up.
- Related生起せいきWrittenA written-style noun for events or phenomena occurring; unlike 「持ち上がる」 it does not suggest a problem suddenly coming up.
- Antonym持下るNeutralA rare opposite. For something being put down 「下ろされる」 is usual, and for going down 「下がる」; both contrast with 「持ち上がる」.
Use 「持ち上がる」 for something being lifted up, or for a problem or matter suddenly coming up, as in 「難題が持ち上がる」 and 「縁談が持ち上がる」. For simply saying something happens, pick 「起こる」 or 「発生」; for cheers or feelings surging up, 「湧き上がる」 fits.
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Japanese definitions
Kanji in this word
English equivalents
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