舞い上がる|まいあがるmaiagaru[4]nakadaka (mid-high)

Common
Definitions
  1. godan verb, intransitive verbto soar; to fly high; to be whirled up
    煙けむりは空中くうちゅうへと舞い上まいあがった。↗
    The smoke ascended into the air.
  2. godan verb, intransitive verbto make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits
Conjugation
Dictionary form舞い上がる(まいあがる)
Polite (masu)舞い上がります(まいあがります)
Negative (nai)舞い上がらない(まいあがらない)
polite (masen)舞い上がりません(まいあがりません)
classical zu / nu舞い上がらず・舞い上がらぬ(まいあがらず・まいあがらぬ)
Past (ta)舞い上がった(まいあがった)
polite (mashita)舞い上がりました(まいあがりました)
Past negative (nakatta)舞い上がらなかった(まいあがらなかった)
polite (masen deshita)舞い上がりませんでした(まいあがりませんでした)
Te form舞い上がって(まいあがって)
Potential舞い上がれる(まいあがれる)
Passive舞い上がられる(まいあがられる)
Causative舞い上がらせる(まいあがらせる)
Causative passive舞い上がらせられる・舞い上がらされる(まいあがらせられる・まいあがらされる)
Conditional (ba)舞い上がれば(まいあがれば)
tara舞い上がったら(まいあがったら)
Volitional舞い上がろう(まいあがろう)
polite (mashou)舞い上がりましょう(まいあがりましょう)
Imperative舞い上がれ(まいあがれ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Related舞い立つまいたつNeutralNear-synonym: flies up as if dancing, but is used far less often; 「舞い上がる」 also figuratively means getting carried away with excitement.
  • Antonym落ちるおちるNeutralMeans to fall or drop — the opposite of 「舞い上がる」, which describes whirling upward.
  • Antonym沈むしずむNeutralMeans to sink; the opposite of 「舞い上がる」. It also figuratively describes feeling down or depressed.
  • Antonym下降するWrittenWritten, formal prose for descending; contrasts with the soaring rise of 「舞い上がる」.

Use 「舞い上がる」 for dust, paper or birds whirling up into the air, as in 「砂ぼこりが舞い上がる」; colloquially it also means being carried away with joy (「褒められて舞い上がる」). For falling use 「落ちる」, for sinking 「沈む」, and in formal prose 「下降する」.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 舞まうように揺ゆれながら高たかく上あがる。
  2. 浮うかれていい調子ちょうしになる。
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