燃え上がる

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 5

Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 燃え (moe, burning, the (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb ()える (moeru, to burn, intransitive)) + 上がる (agaru, to rise, to go up, intransitive; in reference to flames burning higher).[1][2][3][4][5]

First attested in 源氏物語 (Genji Monogatari, The Tale of Genji) from the early 1000s.[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

()()がる • (moeagaru) intransitive godan (stem ()()がり (moeagari), past ()()がった (moeagatta))

  1. [from early 1000s] (of a fire) to flare up
  2. [from 1898] (figuratively, of emotions) to be flaming, to be fiery

Conjugation

References

  1. 燃上”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten) (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. 燃上る”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  6. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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