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rise; increase; ascent
income; takings; earnings; proceeds; (crop) yield; return; profit
completion; end; finish
end result (e.g. of crafts); how something comes out; finish
finishing (in a board or card game, etc.)
green tea (esp. in a sushi restaurant)
after (rain, illness, etc.)
ex- (e.g. ex-bureaucrat); former
今月は売り上げの上がりが良かった。
Sales were up well this month.
古い建物の階段の上がりが急で足が疲れた。
The staircase in the old building was steep and my legs got tired.
温度の上がりが予想より速かった。
The temperature rise was faster than expected.