Noun
ascent; climbing; ascending (path); climb
道はここからゆるやかな上りだ。The road ascends gently here. up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route
see 上り列車
Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Noun
upbound (esp. toward Tokyo)
Noun, Noun, used as a prefix
upstream; uphill
Also written 登り【のぼり】、昇り【のぼり】