高まる

Meanings

1. to rise
   ますます高まる抗議の声に彼の演説は聞こえなかった。Ever louder voices of protest drowned out his speech.

   だが、徐々に生活水準が高まるようになるにつれて、ますます大勢の人が我が家に浴室を持つようになった。However, as living standards gradually came to rise, more and more people began to have their own bathrooms at home.
2. to swell

Conjugation