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起きる (おきる) — to get up (e.g., from sleeping) | JLPT N5 · Nihongo Circle

起きる

おきる

N5

ichidan verbtransitive 他動詞intransitive 自動詞

Meanings

1to get up (e.g., from sleeping)
2to happen
3to get up
4to rise
5to blaze up (fire)
6to wake up
7to be awake
8to stay awake

Example sentence

今朝は七時に起きました。

けさはしちじにおきました。

I got up at seven this morning.

Your sentences

Kanji in this word

起Rouse, Wake Up, Get Up10 strokes

Full entry on Jisho