のぼり – Vocabulary details

のぼり

Noun

1. ascent; climbing; ascending (path); climb

2. up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route

Adjective (の)

Noun

3. upbound (esp. toward Tokyo)

Noun

4. upstream; uphill

の

ぼり

to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with

countryside people (in town); visitor from the country; out-of-towner; country bumpkin (visiting the big city); yokel

to scale (mountain, flight of stairs, etc.)

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