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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
鰻eel登climb
Kanji in other spellings
上above
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
Examples2
Our sales performance is just skyrocketing.
The cost of living has shot through the ceiling in the last year.