燃え上がる

Japanese
Kanji in this term
燃 上
も
Grade: 5		 あ
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 燃え (moe, “burning”, the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 燃(も)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

燃(も)え上(あ)がる • (moeagaru) intransitive godan (stem 燃(も)え上(あ)がり (moeagari), past 燃(も)え上(あ)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
Conjugation of "燃え上がる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 燃え上がら もえあがら moeagara
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 燃え上がり もえあがり moeagari
Shūshikei ("terminal") 燃え上がる もえあがる moeagaru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 燃え上がる もえあがる moeagaru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 燃え上がれ もえあがれ moeagare
Meireikei ("imperative") 燃え上がれ もえあがれ moeagare
Key constructions
Passive 燃え上がられる もえあがられる moeagarareru
Causative 燃え上がらせる
燃え上がらす		 もえあがらせる
もえあがらす		 moeagaraseru
moeagarasu
Potential 燃え上がれる もえあがれる moeagareru
Volitional 燃え上がろう もえあがろう moeagarō
Negative 燃え上がらない もえあがらない moeagaranai
Negative continuative 燃え上がらず もえあがらず moeagarazu
Formal 燃え上がります もえあがります moeagarimasu
Perfective 燃え上がった もえあがった moeagatta
Conjunctive 燃え上がって もえあがって moeagatte
Hypothetical conditional 燃え上がれば もえあがれば moeagareba

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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