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Japanese word 起きる: to get up / to wake up. Meanings and example sentences.

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起きる (おきる): meaning and examples

Key takeaways

起きる (おきる) means to get up / to wake up.

See example sentences below.

起きる at a glance

起きる

おきるokiru

N5verb

to get up / to wake up

起きるおきるokiruN5Japanese vocabulary

Core meaning of 起きる

Core meaning

to get up / to wake up

Basic example sentences

Example 1

毎朝七時におきる。

Translation

I get up at seven every morning.

Example 2

地震でおきました。

Translation

I woke up because of the earthquake.

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