燃え上がる

Compound of 燃え (moe, “burning”, the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 燃(も)える (moeru, “to burn”, intransitive)) +‎ 上がる (agaru, “to rise, to go up”, intransitive; in reference to flames burning higher).^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

First attested in 源氏物語 (Genji Monogatari, “The Tale of Genji”) from the early 1000s.^[1]

• (Tokyo) もえあがる [mòéágáꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [4])^[3][4][6]
• IPA^(key): [mo̞e̞a̠ɡa̠ɾɯ̟]

燃(も)え上(あ)がる • (moeagaru) intransitive godan (stem 燃(も)え上(あ)がり (moeagari), past 燃(も)え上(あ)がった (moeagatta))

1. [from early 1000s] (of a fire) to flare up
2. [from 1898] (figuratively, of emotions) to be flaming, to be fiery