rouse, wake up, get up

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Kun

お.きるお.こるお.こすおこ.すた.つ

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Common Words

起きるIntransitiveIchidan verbFreq #317
1

to get up; to rise; to blaze up (fire)

Examples
6時ごろ起きた
I got up at about six.
2

to wake up; to be awake; to stay awake

Examples
お子さんはまだ起きているのですか。
Is the kid still up?
3

to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen; to take place

Examples
「事故が起きれば、すぐにわかるよ」と彼は言う。
"If there is an accident," he says, "they will know right away."
起こす起すTransitiveGodan verbFreq #720
1

to raise; to raise up; to set up; to pick up

Examples
これが彼にかんしゃくを起こさせた
This flung him into a passion.
2

to wake; to wake up; to waken; to awaken

3

to cause; to bring about; to lead to; to trigger; to give rise to; to create; to generate (e.g. heat, electricity); to produce

4

to start; to begin; to launch; to establish; to found; to set up; to open

5

to plough; to plow; to till

6

to fall ill with

7

to transcribe; to write down (what is spoken)

8

to turn over (a card)

起こる起るIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #748
1

to occur; to happen

Examples
あとで起こったことはなお悪かった。
What followed was still worse.
立ち上がるちあがるIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #1326
1

to stand up; to get up; to rise (to one's feet)

Examples
突然若い女性が立ち上がった
Suddenly, a young woman stood up.
2

to recover; to regain one's energy; to rise

3

to (stand up and) take action; to rise up (against); to start (doing)

Examples
多くの消費者は消費税反対に立ち上がった
Many consumers rose up against the consumption tax.
4

Sumo

to rise (from a crouch) and make the initial charge

5

Computing

to start up; to boot up

Examples
どうしよう、コンピューターが立ち上がらない
I can't start up my computer. What am I supposed to do?
6

to be established; to be set up; to be formed; to be created

7

to rise (of steam, smoke, etc.)

起き上がるきあがるIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #3680
1

to rise; to get up; to stand up; to sit up

Examples
これを見ると、彼は起き上がってでていった。
At this, he got up and went out.
起動どうNounIntransitiveTransitive~する VerbFreq #4666
1

startup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch

Examples
パソコンが起動しなくなりました。
My computer won't start up anymore.
引き起こすきおこTransitiveGodan verbFreq #4944
1

Occ. written as 惹き起こす

to cause; to induce; to bring about; to provoke

Examples
彼の不注意な運転が事故を引き起こした
His careless driving caused the accident.
2

to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)

寝起きおきNoun~する VerbFreq #7430
1

lying down and getting up

2

waking; getting up

3

living (with); staying (with)

身を起こすみをおこすExpressionGodan verbFreq #9080
1

to get up (e.g. from bed)

Examples
がばっと気合を入れて身を起こした
I sprang out of bed.
2

to make one's way in the world; to achieve in life

体を起こすからだをおこすExpressionGodan verbFreq #9228
1

to rise; to raise up; to straighten up; to sit up; to stand up

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