我々はエレベーターで上がったり降りたりした。

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English Translation

We went up and down by elevator.

Furigana

我々(われわれ)はエレベーターで上(あ)がったり降(お)りたりした。

Romanji

Wareware wa erebe-ta- de aga tari ori tari shita.

Words

我々 (われわれ)

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

エレベーター (エレベーター、エレベータ)

elevator; lift; elevator (aviation)

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

上がる (あがる)

to rise; to go up; to come up; to ascend; to be raised; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to go in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water); to come ashore; to increase; to improve; to make progress; to be promoted; to advance; to be made (of profit, etc.); to occur (esp. of a favourable result); to be adequate (to cover expenses, etc.); to be finished; to be done; to be over; (of rain) to stop; to lift; to stop (working properly); to cut out; to give out; to die; to win (in a card game, etc.); to be arrested; to turn up (of evidence, etc.); to be deep fried; to be spoken loudly; to get stage fright; to be offered (to the gods, etc.); to go; to visit; to eat; to drink; to be listed (as a candidate); to serve (in one's master's home); to go north; indicates completion

たり (たり、だり)

-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); (used adverbially) doing such things as...; expresses a command; (after a noun) to be; indicates completion or continuation of an action

降りる (おりる)

to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to come down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to disembark; to dismount; to step down; to retire; to give up; to quit; to be granted; to be issued; to be given; to form (of frost, dew, mist, etc.); to be passed (from the body; e.g. of a roundworm)

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

Kanji

我

Readings: ガ、われ、わ、わ.が-、わが-

Meanings: ego, I, selfish, our, oneself

上

Readings: ジョウ、ショウ、シャン、うえ、 -うえ、うわ-、かみ、あ.げる、 -あ.げる、あ.がる、 -あ.がる、あ.がり、 -あ.がり、のぼ.る、のぼ.り、のぼ.せる、のぼ.す、よ.す

Meanings: above, up

降

Readings: コウ、ゴ、お.りる、お.ろす、ふ.る、ふ.り、くだ.る、くだ.す

Meanings: descend, precipitate, fall, surrender