Illustration: Morning light enters a small Japanese bedroom through partly open curtains. A person lying on a futon has just opened their eyes and lifted their head from the pillow, with one cheek still creased from sleep.

JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

目め覚ざめる

mezameru

to wake up

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしはこんなに早はやく目覚めざめたことはない。

    I’ve never woken up this early.

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  2. 彼女かのじょは目めざめた。

    She woke from her slumber.

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  3. その音おとで目覚めざめた。

    The noise woke me.

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Kanji in 目覚

  • 目eyeOnモク・ボクKunめ・ま-
  • 覚remember; learnOnカクKunおぼえる・さます・さめる

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