Illustration: In a Japanese apartment bedroom, a sleepy adult pushes their upper body upright on a low bed and swings both legs over the side, placing one foot into a waiting slipper. The quilt has slid down around their hips, and one hand still supports their weight on the mattress.

JLPT N5verbLevel estimated by Bebop

起おきる

okiru

to get up

Example sentences

  1. ６時じごろ起おきた。

    I got up at about six.

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  2. 起おきる時間じかんよ。

    Time to get up.

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  3. 何時なんじに起おきてるの？

    What time do you get up?

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Kanji in 起

  • 起rouse; wake upOnキKunおきる・おこる・おこす

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