Vocab Info

N5 る-verb, Intransitive verb

()きるto get up, to rise, to blaze up (fire)

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    1. る-verb, Intransitive verb

      1.

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

    2. る-verb, Intransitive verb

      2.

      to wake up, to be awake, to stay awake

    3. る-verb, Intransitive verb

      3.

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

    All Forms

    起きる 【おきる】

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    Examples

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      明日(あした)七時(しちじ)()きる

      Tomorrow I will wake up at 7 a.m.

      • N5

      事故(じこ)()ました。

      An accident happened.

      • N5

      (ちち):「(へん)時間(じかん)()たり()たりするな。」

      Father: 'Don't sleep and wake up at abnormal times.'

      • N5

      今日(きょう)休日(きゅうじつ)なので、(あさ)10(じゅう)()()ました。

      Today is a holiday, so I woke up at ten in the morning.

      • N5

      (わたし)(あさ)(はや)()きる気分(きぶん)()なる

      I feel better when I wake up early in the morning.

      • N4
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