Vocab Info

N5 る-verb, Intransitive verb

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

    Dictionary Definition

    1. る-verb, Intransitive verb

      1. 1.

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

      2. 2.

        to wake up, to be awake, to stay awake

      3. 3.

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

    All Forms

    起きる 【おきる】

    Details

      • お

      • き

      • る

    • Frequency

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    Examples

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    • 明日(あした)は七時(しちじ)に起(お)きる。

      Tomorrow I will wake up at 7 a.m.

      • N5
    • 事故(じこ)が起(お)きました。

      An accident happened.

      • N5
    • 父(ちち):「変(へん)な時間(じかん)に寝(ね)たり起(お)きたりするな。」

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

      • N5
    • 今日(きょう)は休日(きゅうじつ)なので、朝(あさ)の10(じゅう)時(じ)に起(お)きました。

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

      • N5
    • 私(わたし)は朝(あさ)早(はや)く起(お)きると気分(きぶん)が良(よ)くなる。

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

      • N4
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