"起きる" meaning in Japanese

See 起きる in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

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Etymology: From Old Japanese 起く (oku), following 上二段活用 (kami nidan katsuyō, “upper bigrade conjugation”), from Proto-Japonic *əku. Development Natural progression from Old and Classical Japanese 上二段活用 (kami nidan katsuyō, “upper bigrade conjugation”) verbs ending in -u to modern Japanese 上一段活用 (kami ichidan katsuyō, “upper monograde conjugation”) verbs ending in -iru. First cited to the Man'yōshū of circa 759 CE. Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|起く|sort=おきる|t=|tr=oku}} Old Japanese 起く (oku) Head templates: {{ja-verb|おきる|tr=intrans|type=2}} 起(お)きる • (okiru) intransitive ichidan (stem 起(お)き (oki), past 起(お)きた (okita)) Forms: 起きる [canonical] (ruby: ()), okiru [romanization], 起き [stem] (ruby: ()), 起きた [past] (ruby: ()), no-table-tags [table-tags], 起き [error-unrecognized-form], おき [error-unrecognized-form], oki [error-unrecognized-form], 起きる [error-unrecognized-form], おきる [error-unrecognized-form], okiru [error-unrecognized-form], 起きれ [error-unrecognized-form], おきれ [error-unrecognized-form], okire [error-unrecognized-form], 起きよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], 起きろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], おきよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], おきろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], okiyo [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], okiro [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], 起きられる [passive], おきられる [passive], okirareru [passive], 起きさせる [causative], 起きさす [causative], おきさせる [causative], おきさす [causative], okisaseru [causative], okisasu [causative], 起きられる [potential], 起きれる [colloquial, potential], おきられる [potential], おきれる [colloquial, potential], okirareru [potential], okireru [colloquial, potential], 起きよう [volitional], おきよう [volitional], okiyō [volitional], 起きない [negative], 起きぬ [negative], 起きん [negative], おきない [negative], おきぬ [negative], おきん [negative], okinai [negative], okinu [negative], okin [negative], 起きず [continuative, negative], おきず [continuative, negative], okizu [continuative, negative], 起きます [formal], おきます [formal], okimasu [formal], 起きた [perfective], おきた [perfective], okita [perfective], 起きて [conjunctive], おきて [conjunctive], okite [conjunctive], 起きれば [conditional, hypothetical], おきれば [conditional, hypothetical], okireba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. to wake up
    Sense id: en-起きる-ja-verb-uowLC5lV Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant script codes, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 1 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 42 14 35 9 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 30 26 37 7 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 53 17 27 4 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 30 25 33 12
  2. to stay up, to stay awake
    Sense id: en-起きる-ja-verb-xuqh570y Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese terms with 1 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 42 14 35 9 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 30 26 37 7 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 30 25 33 12
  3. to get up, to sit up
    Sense id: en-起きる-ja-verb-NwS2s~7q Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 42 14 35 9 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 30 26 37 7 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 28 25 41 5 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 30 25 33 12 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 28 24 40 7 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 28 25 41 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 21 39 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 24 43 7
  4. to occur, to happen
    Sense id: en-起きる-ja-verb-DZxdkaV8 Categories (other): Japanese terms with 1 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 30 25 33 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 目を覚ます (me o samasu) (ruby: (), ()) (english: to wake up)
Derived forms: 七転び八起き (nana korobi ya oki) (ruby: 七転(ななころ), 八起(やお)), 寝起き (neoki) (ruby: 寝起(ねお)), 早起き (hayaoki) (ruby: 早起(はやお)), 朝起き (asaoki) (ruby: 朝起(あさお)), 起き上がる (okiagaru) (ruby: (), ()), 起き伏し (okifushi) (ruby: (), ()), 起き出す (okidasu) (ruby: (), ()), 起き抜け (okinuke) (ruby: (), ()), 起き掛け (okigake) (ruby: (), ()), 起き直る (okinaoru) (ruby: (), (なお)), 跳ね起きる (haneokiru) (ruby: (), ()), 飛び起きる (tobiokiru) (ruby: (), ())

Alternative forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "nana korobi ya oki",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "七転",
          "ななころ"
        ],
        [
          "八起",
          "やお"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "七転び八起き"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "neoki",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "寝起",
          "ねお"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "寝起き"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "hayaoki",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "早起",
          "はやお"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "早起き"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "asaoki",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "朝起",
          "あさお"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "okiagaru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "起",
          "お"
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        [
          "上",
          "あ"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "okifushi",
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        [
          "起",
          "お"
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        [
          "伏",
          "ふ"
        ]
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      "word": "起き伏し"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "okidasu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "起",
          "お"
        ],
        [
          "出",
          "だ"
        ]
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      "word": "起き出す"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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      "ruby": [
        [
          "起",
          "お"
        ],
        [
          "抜",
          "ぬ"
        ]
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "okigake",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "起",
          "お"
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        [
          "掛",
          "が"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "okinaoru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "起",
          "お"
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        [
          "直",
          "なお"
        ]
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      "word": "起き直る"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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        [
          "跳",
          "は"
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        [
          "起",
          "お"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "跳ね起きる"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "tobiokiru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "飛",
          "と"
        ],
        [
          "起",
          "お"
        ]
      ],
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      "args": {
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        "3": "起く",
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        "t": "",
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      "name": "inh"
    }
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      "form": "起きる",
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          "起",
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    },
    {
      "form": "起きた",
      "roman": "okita",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "起",
          "お"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-ichi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起き",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oki",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起きる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おきる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "okiru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起きれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おきれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "okire",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起きよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起きろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おきよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おきろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "okiyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "okiro",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起きられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おきられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "okirareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起きさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起きさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おきさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おきさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "okisaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "okisasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起きられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起きれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おきられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おきれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "okirareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "okireru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起きよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おきよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "okiyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起きない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起きぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起きん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おきない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おきぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おきん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "okinai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "okinu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "okin",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起きず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おきず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "okizu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起きます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おきます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "okimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起きた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おきた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "okita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起きて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おきて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "okite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起きれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おきれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "okireba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "おきる",
        "tr": "intrans",
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      },
      "expansion": "起(お)きる • (okiru) intransitive ichidan (stem 起(お)き (oki), past 起(お)きた (okita))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
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        {
          "english": "Wake up, brother Wind Master! You’ll catch a cold if you keep sleeping like this",
          "ref": "2003 September 22, Akinobu Uraku, “第(だい)61(ろくじゅういち)話(わ) 愛(いと)しきものの為(ため)に [Chapter 61: All for Our Loved Ones]”, in 東(とう)京(きょう)アンダーグラウンド [Tokyo Underground], volume 11 (fiction), Square Enix, →ISBN, page 59:",
          "roman": "Okite yo Kazetsukai no nī-chan! Konna koto de neteru to kaze hiichau yo",
          "ruby": [
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              "起",
              "お"
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              "風使",
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              "寝",
              "ね"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "起きてよ 風使いのにーちゃん!こんなことで寝てるとカゼひいちゃうよ",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to wake up"
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        "to stay up, to stay awake"
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          "stay up",
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      "other": "おきる"
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      "ipa": "[o̞kʲiɾɯ̟]"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "to wake up",
      "roman": "me o samasu",
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          "目",
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          "覚",
          "さ"
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}
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      "roman": "nana korobi ya oki",
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          "七転",
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          "八起",
          "やお"
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          "起",
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      "roman": "okidasu",
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        [
          "起",
          "お"
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        [
          "出",
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      "roman": "okinuke",
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        [
          "起",
          "お"
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      "roman": "okigake",
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      "roman": "okinaoru",
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          "起",
          "お"
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          "直",
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      "roman": "haneokiru",
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          "起",
          "お"
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    {
      "roman": "tobiokiru",
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          "起",
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      "form": "ja-ichi",
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      "form": "起き",
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      "form": "おき",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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      "form": "oki",
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    },
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      "form": "おきる",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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      "form": "okiru",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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      "form": "起きれ",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "おきれ",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "okire",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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      "form": "起きよ",
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      "form": "okiyo",
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    },
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      "form": "okiro",
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        "error-unrecognized-form",
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      "form": "起きられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おきられる",
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      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "okirareru",
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        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起きさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起きさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おきさせる",
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      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おきさす",
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        "causative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "okisaseru",
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      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "okisasu",
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        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起きられる",
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      "tags": [
        "potential"
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    {
      "form": "起きれる",
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        "potential"
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      "form": "おきられる",
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      "tags": [
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      "form": "おきれる",
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        "potential"
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    {
      "form": "okirareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "potential"
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    {
      "form": "okireru",
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        "colloquial",
        "potential"
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      "form": "起きよう",
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        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おきよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
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    },
    {
      "form": "okiyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起きない",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起きぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起きん",
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      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おきない",
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        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おきぬ",
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      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "おきん",
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      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
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      "form": "okinai",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "okinu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
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    {
      "form": "okin",
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        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起きず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "おきず",
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      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "okizu",
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      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起きます",
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      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "おきます",
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        "formal"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "okimasu",
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        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起きた",
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      "tags": [
        "perfective"
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    {
      "form": "おきた",
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        "perfective"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "okita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起きて",
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      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おきて",
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        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "okite",
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      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起きれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
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    },
    {
      "form": "おきれば",
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        "conditional",
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    },
    {
      "form": "okireba",
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      "expansion": "起(お)きる • (okiru) intransitive ichidan (stem 起(お)き (oki), past 起(お)きた (okita))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
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  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Wake up, brother Wind Master! You’ll catch a cold if you keep sleeping like this",
          "ref": "2003 September 22, Akinobu Uraku, “第(だい)61(ろくじゅういち)話(わ) 愛(いと)しきものの為(ため)に [Chapter 61: All for Our Loved Ones]”, in 東(とう)京(きょう)アンダーグラウンド [Tokyo Underground], volume 11 (fiction), Square Enix, →ISBN, page 59:",
          "roman": "Okite yo Kazetsukai no nī-chan! Konna koto de neteru to kaze hiichau yo",
          "ruby": [
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              "起",
              "お"
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              "風使",
              "かぜつか"
            ],
            [
              "寝",
              "ね"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "起きてよ 風使いのにーちゃん!こんなことで寝てるとカゼひいちゃうよ",
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        }
      ],
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        "to wake up"
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          "wake up",
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      "glosses": [
        "to stay up, to stay awake"
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          "stay up"
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          "awake",
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          "sit up"
        ]
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        "to occur, to happen"
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          "occur",
          "occur"
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          "happen"
        ]
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    {
      "other": "おきる"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[o̞kʲiɾɯ̟]"
    },
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    {
      "english": "to wake up",
      "roman": "me o samasu",
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          "目",
          "め"
        ],
        [
          "覚",
          "さ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "目を覚ます"
    }
  ],
  "word": "起きる"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 起きる meaning in Japanese (9.4kB)

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