Illustration: In a quiet apartment bedroom, a young man lies on his side with his head still on the pillow. His eyes have just opened toward a stripe of morning sunlight, and one arm reaches into the beginning of a sleepy stretch.

JLPT N3verbLevel estimated by Bebop

覚さめる

sameru

to wake up

Example sentences

  1. その叫さけび声ごえで私わたしは眠ねむりからさめた。

    The cry roused me from my sleep.

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  2. その音おとで彼女かのじょは眠ねむりから覚さめた。

    The sound roused her from sleep.

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  3. 長ながい夢ゆめからさめた。

    I awoke from a long dream.

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Kanji in 覚

  • 覚remember; learnOnカクKunおぼえる・さます・さめる

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