鰻うなぎ登のぼり
Meanings
Noun
No-adjective
1. rising rapidly (e.g. prices, popularity); soaring; skyrocketing; going through the roof
Other spellings
うなぎ登のぼりうなぎ上のぼり鰻うなぎ上のぼり
Kanji used
Kanji in other spellings
Pitch accent
うなぎのぼり
Composed of
鰻うなぎ
eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)
Noun
登のぼり
ascent; climbing; ascending (path); climb; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo)
Noun
Examples5
Our sales performance is just skyrocketing.
The price of land in the center of the city is soaring.
Prices are soaring in Algeria.
Recently, the price of crude oil has shot up, and the cost of gasoline is going up.
The cost of living has shot through the ceiling in the last year.