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N4 Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb

()こすto raise, to raise up, to set up, to pick up, to wake, to wake up, to waken, to awaken, to cause, to bring about, to lead to, to trigger, to give rise to, to create, to generate (e.g. heat, electricity), to produce, to start, to begin, to launch, to establish, to found, to set up, to open, to plough, to plow, to till, to fall ill with, to transcribe, to write down (what is spoken), to turn over (a card)

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    1. Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb

      1.

      to raise, to raise up, to set up, to pick up

    2. Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb

      2.

      to wake, to wake up, to waken, to awaken

    3. Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb

      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

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    4. Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb

      4.

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

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    5. Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb

      5.

      to plough, to plow, to till

    6. Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb

      6.

      to fall ill with

    7. Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb

      7.

      to transcribe, to write down (what is spoken)

    8. Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb

      8.

      to turn over (a card)

    All Forms

    起こす 【おこす】起す 【おこす】

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    Examples

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      (たお)れた(ひと)()こす

      To rouse a person who has collapsed.

      • N4

      (あさ)9時(くじ)(はは)()こす

      I wake up my mother at 9:00 a.m.

      • N4

      (たお)れている自転車(じてんしゃ)()つけたので()しました。

      Since I found a fallen bicycle, I picked it up.

      • N4

      子供(こども)(ちち)に:「明日(あした)(あさ)7時(しちじ)()こしてください。」

      Child to his father: 'Please wake me up tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m.'

      • N3

      増税(ぞうぜい)我慢(がまん)できなくなった住民(じゅうみん)たちが反乱(はんらん)()こした

      Residents who could no longer tolerate higher taxes revolted.

      • N3
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