climb

(のぼる) Climb (を,に) (60%) Sometimes literal (climb a ladder, go up hill, but usually figurative: To rise to stardom, a cost that runs as high as a billion annually, etc.)
 
(のぼる) Climb (25%) – only used with mountains, cliffs, ladders, etc.
 
(のぼる) Ascend (15%). (Planets, moons. People that go to heaven). Also people who take an elevator. Unlike 登る, 昇る implies that there is no effort on the part of the ascending person or thing.