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八日
ようか
eight days, the eighth (day of the month)jlpt5, toki
上がる
あがる
(1)to rise/to go up/to come up/to ascend/to be raised/ (2)to enter (esp. from outdoors)/to come in/to go in/ (3)to enter (a school)/to advance to the next grade/ (4)to get out (of water)/to come asho godan, verb, vintrans
今上
きんじょう
(sens) the reigning emperorseiji
上り
のぼり
(1)ascent, climbing, ascending (path), climb, (2)up-train (e.g. going to Tokyo), (n,adj-no) (3)northward (towards Tokyo) jlpt3
よじ上る
よじのぼる
to climb, to clamber (over, up), to scramble (up), to scale, to claw one's way upgodan, verb, vintrans
大して
たいして
(not so) much, (not) verymix