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JLPT N3verbLevel estimated by Bebop

起おき上あがる

okiagaru

to get up, to sit up

Example sentences

  1. 僕ぼくは起おきあがった。

    I heaved myself up.

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  2. 患者かんじゃは起おき上あがることを許ゆるされた。

    The patient was allowed up.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 高熱こうねつで起おき上あがることもできず、一日中いちにちじゅううつらうつらしていた。

    I had such a high fever that I couldn’t even sit up, and I spent the whole day dozing.

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Kanji in 起上

  • 起rouse; wake upOnキKunおきる・おこる・おこす
  • 上above; upOnジョウ・ショウ・シャンKunうえ・うわ-・あげる

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