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向上
Meaning in Englishrise, improvement, progress
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What it means
向上 means improvement or advancement; it refers to the ongoing process or result of becoming better in quality, capability, or status, often in contrast with decline.
Main meanings
- improvement in quality or standard
- advancement or progress in a field, skill, or activity
- a rise in performance metrics or living standards
How to use it
Used across formal and semi-formal contexts to describe positive change in quality, ability, or situation; commonly paired with 向上する to form a verb, and in phrases like 技術の向上, 学力の向上, 生活水準の向上.
Variants and close terms
- 改善 (kaizen) — improvement
- 進歩 (shinpo) — progress
- 発展 (hatten) — development
- 上昇 (joushou) — rise
- 低下 (teika) — decline
- 落下 (rakka) — fall
Composition
- 向: toward, facing; direction
- 上: up, above; ascent
- Combined: a movement toward the higher position or quality, yielding the sense of improvement or upward progression
Word class
noun (名詞); suru-verb (suru verb) with 向上する
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頂上
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summit, top, peak
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取り上げる
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to take up, to pick up; to confiscate
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上る
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to ascend, to go up, to climb
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方向
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direction, course, way
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上司
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one's superior
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差し上げる
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give humbly, offer respectfully
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以上
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more than, above, that is all
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召し上がる
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eat or drink, honorific form
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