NichiDict

起きる

N5
おきる
[okiru]
Illustration for 起きる

Meanings

1.IchidanIntransitive

to get up; to rise; to blaze up (fire)

2.IchidanIntransitive

to wake up; to be awake; to stay awake

3.IchidanIntransitive

to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen; to take place

Examples

休みの日でも早く起きるよ。

I get up early even on days off.

毎朝六時に起きていますか。

Do you wake at 6 every morning?

子供は毎朝七時に自分で起きるようになった。

The child has started getting up by themselves at 7 every morning.