Japanese Dictionary
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起きる
JLPT 5 - Kana Reading
- おきる
- Romaji
- okiru
- Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
- Meaning
- to get up; to rise
- Example sentence
- 何が起きたの？ What happened?
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Examples of 起きる, おきる in a sentence
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何が起きたの？
What happened?
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REM睡眠中の脳波は起きている時と同じ脳波であり、夢を見るステージです。
The brain waves during REM sleep are the same as when awake, and it's the stage when you have dreams.
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ペットロスとは、ペットを失った飼い主に起きるショックや怒りなどの反応をいう。
Pet loss refers to the reactions of shock and anger that occur in owners who have been bereaved of their pets.
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To get up in the morning, and there be someone to say good morning to - I haven't had this feeling for a long time.
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まさかオレがごねずにすっきり起きると思っていなかったに違いない。
Certainly she wouldn't have dreamt that I would get up promptly without grumbling.
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さっき、なかなか起きなかったのも、折檻して欲しかったからでしょう？
Was your difficulty in getting up back then also because you wanted to be chastized I wonder?
Verb Conjugations
Non-Past
- Plain
- 起きる
- Plain Polite
- 起きます
- Negative
- 起きない
- Negative Polite
- 起きません
Past
- Plain
- 起きた
- Plain Polite
- 起きました
- Negative
- 起きなかった
- Negative Polite
- 起きませんでした
Te
- Plain
- 起きて
- Plain Polite
- 起きまして
- Negative
- --
- Negative Polite
- --
Passive
- Plain
- 起きられる
- Plain Polite
- 起きられます
- Negative
- 起きられない
- Negative Polite
- 起きられません
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