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盛り上がる

もりあがる

to swell up; to rise (of ground, muscle); to get excited; to liven up; (of mood, momentum) to build

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Examples

  1. 観客は盛り上がっているよ。

    かんきゃくはもりあがっているよ。

    The audience is really charged up.

  2. 昨日の飲み会、すごく盛り上がったね。

    きのうののみかい、すごくもりあがったね。

    Last night's drinking party was a lot of fun, wasn't it?

  3. 木の根で歩道が盛り上がっている。

    きのねでほどうがもりあがっている。

    The pavement is bulging up because of the tree roots.

  4. 増税反対の世論が急速に盛り上がってきた。

    ぞうぜいはんたいのよろんがきゅうそくにもりあがってきた。

    Public opinion against the tax hike has swelled rapidly.

Common patterns

話が盛り上がる
for a conversation to get lively
気運が盛り上がる
for momentum to build
会場が盛り上がる
for the venue to get fired up

Memory tip

Literally "to heap up and rise" — the physical bulge came first, and the everyday meaning is the mood rising in a room. The transitive partner is 盛り上げる (to get people going); 盛り下がる is a jokey coinage for the mood dying.

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