if only they had taken more care...

[tsukikage]

I'm having a bit of trouble now with when to use 上がる/上る(あがる) and 上る(のぼる). You know, when I say that Japanese is one of the easiest languages to learn... I guess I really did mean at the earliest stages only, and only when you're working from a set list of vocabulary/kanji that doesn't play crazy identity games on you. And it's all kanji's fault! If only the Japanese would have taken more care when they adopted kanji, rather than letting us end up with multiple readings for every kanji/kanji compound and multiple kanji/kanji compounds for every word...