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階段を上がる (かいだんをあがる) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

階かい段だんを上あがる

Meanings

1

expression, godan verb (-ru)

go up the stairs; climb the stairs

Common phrase for ascending stairs. 上がる is used here as a transitive verb with を, meaning to move upward along the stairs.

エレベーターが混こんでいたので、階かい段だんを上あがった。
The elevator was crowded, so I went up the stairs.
彼かれは一いっ気きに階かい段だんを上あがって

き

た

。

He came up the stairs in one go.

Kanji

階storey, stair, counter for storeys of a building
段grade, steps, stairs
上above, up

Similar words

階かい段だんを下おりる
Means 'to go down the stairs', the opposite direction.
上あがる
The verb used here; intransitive in many contexts but takes を with nouns like 階段 or 坂 to indicate movement along a path.

Etymology

Compound of 階段 (stairs) + を (object marker) + 上がる (to go up). The verb 上がる is intransitive in most uses, but with path nouns like 階段 it can take を to indicate the route of movement.