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上り

のぼり

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のぼり

Meanings

  1. 1.
    nascent; climbing; ascending (path); climb
  2. 2.
    nup-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route
  3. 3.
    adj-no, nupbound (esp. toward Tokyo)
  4. 4.
    n, n-prefupstream; uphill

Kanji breakdown

N23 strokesGrade 1

Example sentences

道はここからゆるやかな上りだ。

The road ascends gently here.

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上りのぼり

ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream

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