燃え上がる・燃えあがる|もえあがるmoeagaru[4]nakadaka (mid-high)

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Which spelling to use
燃え上がるUse 燃え上がる for “to flare up” or “to burst into flames”; it is the most common and standard written form.
燃えあがる燃えあがる is a less common written variant with the same meaning; learners should generally choose 燃え上がる instead.
Definitions
  1. godan verb, intransitive verbto flare up; to burst into flames
    レース中ちゅうにその車くるまはぱっと燃え上もえあがった。↗
    The car burned up in the race.
Conjugation
Dictionary form燃え上がる(もえあがる)
Polite (masu)燃え上がります(もえあがります)
Negative (nai)燃え上がらない(もえあがらない)
polite (masen)燃え上がりません(もえあがりません)
classical zu / nu燃え上がらず・燃え上がらぬ(もえあがらず・もえあがらぬ)
Past (ta)燃え上がった(もえあがった)
polite (mashita)燃え上がりました(もえあがりました)
Past negative (nakatta)燃え上がらなかった(もえあがらなかった)
polite (masen deshita)燃え上がりませんでした(もえあがりませんでした)
Te form燃え上がって(もえあがって)
Potential燃え上がれる(もえあがれる)
Passive燃え上がられる(もえあがられる)
Causative燃え上がらせる(もえあがらせる)
Causative passive燃え上がらせられる・燃え上がらされる(もえあがらせられる・もえあがらされる)
Conditional (ba)燃え上がれば(もえあがれば)
tara燃え上がったら(もえあがったら)
Volitional燃え上がろう(もえあがろう)
polite (mashou)燃え上がりましょう(もえあがりましょう)
Imperative燃え上がれ(もえあがれ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym燃え立つもえたつWrittenWritten style. Emphasizes flames leaping up fiercely; also figurative for emotions surging. Near 「燃え上がる」 but more literary.
  • Related燃えるもえるNeutralThe everyday word for burning: catching fire, or passion running high. Unlike 「燃え上がる」, it does not stress flames suddenly shooting up.
  • Antonym消えるきえるNeutralNeutral. A fire or light going out, or things vanishing — the opposite of flames flaring up as in 「燃え上がる」.
  • Antonym鎮火ちんかFormalFormal. A fire being extinguished or dying out. Opposite of 「燃え上がる」 blazing up.

Use 「燃え上がる」 when flames suddenly leap up or feelings flare, as in 「恋が燃え上がる」. For burning in general pick 「燃える」; 「燃え立つ」 is a written-style near-synonym. The opposites are 「消える」 (going out) and formal 「鎮火」 (a fire put out).

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 燃もえて炎ほのおが高たかく上あがる。
  2. 感情かんじょうなどが強つよまる。
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