"起こす" meaning in Japanese

See 起こす in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [o̞ko̞sɨ]
Head templates: {{ja-verb|おこす|tr=trans|type=1}} 起(お)こす • (okosu) transitive godan (stem 起(お)こし (okoshi), past 起(お)こした (okoshita)) Inflection templates: {{ja-conj-bungo|おこ|4-s}} Forms: 起こす [canonical] (ruby: ()), okosu [romanization], 起こし [stem] (ruby: ()), 起こした [past] (ruby: ()), no-table-tags [table-tags], 起こさ [error-unrecognized-form], おこさ [error-unrecognized-form], okosa [error-unrecognized-form], 起こし [error-unrecognized-form], おこし [error-unrecognized-form], okoshi [error-unrecognized-form], 起こす [error-unrecognized-form], おこす [error-unrecognized-form], okosu [error-unrecognized-form], 起こせ [error-unrecognized-form], おこせ [error-unrecognized-form], okose [error-unrecognized-form], 起こされる [passive], おこされる [passive], okosareru [passive], 起こさせる [causative], 起こさす [causative], おこさせる [causative], おこさす [causative], okosaseru [causative], okosasu [causative], 起こせる [potential], おこせる [potential], okoseru [potential], 起こそう [volitional], おこそう [volitional], okosō [volitional], 起こさない [negative], おこさない [negative], okosanai [negative], 起こさず [continuative, negative], おこさず [continuative, negative], okosazu [continuative, negative], 起こします [formal], おこします [formal], okoshimasu [formal], 起こした [perfective], おこした [perfective], okoshita [perfective], 起こして [conjunctive], おこして [conjunctive], okoshite [conjunctive], 起こせば [conditional, hypothetical], おこせば [conditional, hypothetical], okoseba [conditional, hypothetical], no-table-tags [table-tags], 起こさ [irrealis, stem], おこさ [irrealis, stem], okosa [irrealis], 起こし [continuative, stem], おこし [continuative, stem], okosi [continuative], 起こす [stem, terminative], おこす [stem, terminative], okosu [terminative], 起こす [attributive, stem], おこす [attributive, stem], okosu [attributive], 起こせ [realis, stem], おこせ [realis, stem], okose [realis], 起こせ [imperative, stem], おこせ [imperative, stem], okose [imperative], 起こさず [negative], おこさず [negative], okosazu [negative], 起こせど [contrastive], おこせど [contrastive], okosedo [contrastive], 起こせば [causative], おこせば [causative], okoseba [causative], 起こさば [conditional], おこさば [conditional], okosaba [conditional], 起こしき [past], おこしき [past], okosiki [past], 起こしけり [past], おこしけり [past], okosikeri [past], 起こしつ [perfect], おこしつ [perfect], okositu [perfect], 起こしぬ [perfect], おこしぬ [perfect], okosinu [perfect], 起こせり [continuative, perfect], 起こしたり [continuative, perfect], おこせり [continuative, perfect], おこしたり [continuative, perfect], okoseri [continuative, perfect], okositari [continuative, perfect], 起こさむ [volitional], おこさむ [volitional], okosamu [volitional]
  1. to wake (someone); to get (someone) up
    Sense id: en-起こす-ja-verb-8~60ossf Categories (other): Japanese godan verbs ending with -su, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -su: 31 31 37 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 31 31 37 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 31 31 38 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 31 31 38
  2. to raise
    Sense id: en-起こす-ja-verb-4LjQuxsH Categories (other): Japanese godan verbs ending with -su, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -su: 31 31 37 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 31 31 37 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 31 31 38 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 31 31 38
  3. to cause (something to happen); to bring about
    Sense id: en-起こす-ja-verb-CLy~tYuT Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese godan verbs ending with -su, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 26 26 47 Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -su: 31 31 37 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 27 27 46 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 27 27 45 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 29 29 41 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 31 31 37 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 31 31 38 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 31 31 38 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 32 43
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 起きる (okiru) (ruby: ()) (english: to wake up (intransitive))

Inflected forms

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "起こす",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "起",
          "お"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "okosu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起こし",
      "roman": "okoshi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "起",
          "お"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起こした",
      "roman": "okoshita",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "起",
          "お"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-su",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起こさ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おこさ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "okosa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起こし",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おこし",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "okoshi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起こす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おこす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "okosu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起こせ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おこせ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "okose",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起こされる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おこされる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "okosareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起こさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起こさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おこさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おこさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "okosaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "okosasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起こせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おこせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "okoseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起こそう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おこそう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "okosō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起こさない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おこさない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "okosanai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起こさず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おこさず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "okosazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起こします",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おこします",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "okoshimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起こした",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おこした",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "okoshita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起こして",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おこして",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "okoshite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起こせば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おこせば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "okoseba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-conj-bungo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起こさ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おこさ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "okosa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起こし",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おこし",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "okosi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起こす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おこす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "okosu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起こす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おこす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "okosu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起こせ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おこせ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "okose",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起こせ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おこせ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "okose",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起こさず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おこさず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "okosazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起こせど",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おこせど",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "okosedo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起こせば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おこせば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "okoseba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起こさば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おこさば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "okosaba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起こしき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おこしき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "okosiki",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起こしけり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おこしけり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "okosikeri",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起こしつ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おこしつ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "okositu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起こしぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おこしぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "okosinu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起こせり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起こしたり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おこせり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おこしたり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "okoseri",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "okositari",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起こさむ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おこさむ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "okosamu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "おこす",
        "tr": "trans",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "起(お)こす • (okosu) transitive godan (stem 起(お)こし (okoshi), past 起(お)こした (okoshita))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "おこ",
        "2": "4-s"
      },
      "name": "ja-conj-bungo"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "to wake up (intransitive)",
      "roman": "okiru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "起",
          "お"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "起きる"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "31 31 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese godan verbs ending with -su",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 31 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 31 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 31 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to wake (someone); to get (someone) up"
      ],
      "id": "en-起こす-ja-verb-8~60ossf",
      "links": [
        [
          "wake",
          "wake"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "31 31 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese godan verbs ending with -su",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 31 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 31 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 31 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              6,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              2,
              5
            ]
          ],
          "english": "sit-up",
          "roman": "jōtai-okoshi",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "上体",
              "じょうたい"
            ],
            [
              "起",
              "お"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "上体起こし",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to raise"
      ],
      "id": "en-起こす-ja-verb-4LjQuxsH",
      "links": [
        [
          "raise",
          "raise"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "26 26 47",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 31 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese godan verbs ending with -su",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 27 46",
          "kind": "other",
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          "_dis": "27 27 45",
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          "_dis": "31 31 38",
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        {
          "_dis": "31 31 38",
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        {
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              0,
              5
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              8,
              13
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              3,
              6
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          "english": "cause an incident",
          "roman": "jiken o okosu",
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              "起",
              "お"
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              9,
              14
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              3,
              6
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          "english": "bring about miracles",
          "roman": "kiseki o okosu",
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              "きせき"
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              "起",
              "お"
            ]
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      "other": "おこす"
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    {
      "ipa": "[o̞ko̞sɨ]"
    }
  ],
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}
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    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese transitive verbs",
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          "お"
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    {
      "form": "起こし",
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      "form": "okoshi",
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    {
      "form": "起こす",
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      "form": "おこす",
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      "form": "okosu",
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      "form": "起こせ",
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      "form": "おこせ",
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    {
      "form": "okose",
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      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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      "form": "起こされる",
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    {
      "form": "おこされる",
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      "form": "okosareru",
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      "form": "起こさせる",
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    {
      "form": "起こさす",
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      "form": "おこさせる",
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    {
      "form": "おこさす",
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    {
      "form": "okosaseru",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "okosasu",
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      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "起こせる",
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "おこせる",
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    {
      "form": "okoseru",
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    {
      "form": "起こそう",
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    {
      "form": "おこそう",
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      "form": "okosō",
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      "form": "起こさない",
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      "form": "おこさない",
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      "form": "okosanai",
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      "form": "起こさず",
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    },
    {
      "form": "おこさず",
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    {
      "form": "okosazu",
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        "negative"
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    {
      "form": "起こします",
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    },
    {
      "form": "おこします",
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        "formal"
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    {
      "form": "okoshimasu",
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      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起こした",
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "おこした",
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      "tags": [
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      "form": "okoshita",
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      "tags": [
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      "form": "起こして",
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      "form": "おこして",
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      "form": "okoshite",
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      "form": "起こせば",
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    {
      "form": "おこせば",
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      "form": "okoseba",
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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      "form": "起こさ",
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      "form": "おこさ",
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      "form": "okosa",
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      "form": "起こし",
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      "form": "おこし",
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      "form": "okosi",
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    {
      "form": "起こす",
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      "form": "おこす",
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    {
      "form": "起こす",
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    {
      "form": "おこす",
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        "stem"
      ]
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      "form": "okosu",
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      ]
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      "form": "起こせ",
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        "stem"
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    {
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      "form": "okose",
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      "form": "起こさず",
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        "negative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "おこさず",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "okosazu",
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        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起こせど",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "おこせど",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
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      "form": "okosedo",
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      ]
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    {
      "form": "起こせば",
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    {
      "form": "おこせば",
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        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "okoseba",
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        "causative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "起こさば",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "conditional"
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    {
      "form": "おこさば",
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      "tags": [
        "conditional"
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      "form": "okosaba",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "conditional"
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    },
    {
      "form": "起こしき",
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    },
    {
      "form": "おこしき",
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        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "okosiki",
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        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "起こしけり",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past"
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    },
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      "form": "おこしけり",
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      "tags": [
        "past"
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      "form": "okosikeri",
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        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "起こしつ",
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おこしつ",
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      ]
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      "form": "okositu",
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        "perfect"
      ]
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      "form": "起こしぬ",
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        "perfect"
      ]
    },
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        "perfect"
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      "form": "起こせり",
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      "form": "起こしたり",
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        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おこせり",
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    },
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      "form": "okoseri",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "okositari",
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      "form": "起こさむ",
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      "form": "おこさむ",
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      "form": "okosamu",
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          "起",
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        [
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              "起",
              "お"
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          "raise",
          "raise"
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          "english": "cause an incident",
          "roman": "jiken o okosu",
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              "事件",
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              "起",
              "お"
            ]
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              0,
              11
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              14
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              3,
              6
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          "english": "bring about miracles",
          "roman": "kiseki o okosu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "奇跡",
              "きせき"
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            [
              "起",
              "お"
            ]
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to cause (something to happen); to bring about"
      ],
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        [
          "cause",
          "cause"
        ],
        [
          "bring about",
          "bring about"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "other": "おこす"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[o̞ko̞sɨ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "起こす"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 起こす meaning in Japanese (10.0kB)

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  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "起こす",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "起こす",
  "trace": ""
}

{
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  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "起こす",
  "trace": ""
}

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  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "起こす",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Rentaikei (\"attributive\")'",
  "path": [
    "起こす"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "起こす",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Kateikei (\"hypothetical\")'",
  "path": [
    "起こす"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "起こす",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Meireikei (\"imperative\")'",
  "path": [
    "起こす"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "起こす",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-05-20 using wiktextract (3dadd05 and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.