Word details

奮い起こす

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 奮い起こす.

Dictionary

Entry

奮い起こすふるい起こするいおこTransitiveGodan verbFreq #59152
1

to muster (e.g. courage); to gather; to collect; to pluck up

Examples
私は勇気を奮い起こし中に入っていった。
I summoned up my courage, and walked inside.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

stirred up, be invigorated, flourish

16 strokesFrequency 1,521JLPT N1Grade 6

On

フン

Kun

ふる.う

rouse, wake up, get up

10 strokesFrequency 374JLPT N3Grade 3

On

Kun

お.きるお.こるお.こすおこ.すた.つ

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