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上がる

あがる

to go up, to rise

Mnemonic

Leave the dough by the Aga あが, ruin る the cloth over it, and by morning it has climbed the bowl entirely on its own: あがる.

Worth knowing

上げる あげる is you raising something. 上がる is it going up by itself: prices, temperature, or you to the next floor.

Built from

up, above
A mark sitting above the line.

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