目(め)を覚(さ)ますto wake up, to sober up, to come to one's senses, to become enlightened

ガタッという物音(ものおと)で目(め)を覚(さ)ます。

I wake up to the sound of a loud noise. {to wake up, to sober up, to come to one's senses, to become enlightened}

父(ちち)がようやく眠(ねむ)りから目(め)を覚(さ)ましました。

My father finally woke up from his sleep. {to wake up, to sober up, to come to one's senses, to become enlightened}

自惚(うぬぼ)れている姉(あね)の目(め)を覚(さ)ますために現実(げんじつ)を突(つ)きつける。

To make my conceited sister come to her senses, I confront her with reality. {to wake up, to sober up, to come to one's senses, to become enlightened}

妊娠(にんしん)が発覚(はっかく)するが早(はや)いか、私(わたし)の中(なか)で母性(ぼせい)が目(め)を覚(さ)ましたのです。

No sooner had my pregnancy been revealed than maternal instincts woke up within me. {to wake up, to sober up, to come to one's senses, to become enlightened}

早寝(はやね)早起(はやお)きが習慣(しゅうかん)になっているとあって五(ご)時(じ)にはもう目(め)を覚(さ)ましていた。

Given that the habit is early to bed, early to rise, I was already awake by five o'clock. {to wake up, to sober up, to come to one's senses, to become enlightened}