目めが覚さめる

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目が覚める · ichidan verb

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	目めが覚さめる	目めが覚さめない
Polite	目めが覚さめます	目めが覚さめません
Past polite	目めが覚さめました	目めが覚さめませんでした
Past	目めが覚さめた	目めが覚さめなかった
Te-form	目めが覚さめて	目めが覚さめないで
Desire	目めが覚さめたい	目めが覚さめたくない
Potential	目めが覚さめられるalso 目めが覚さめれる	目めが覚さめられないalso 目めが覚さめれない
Passive	目めが覚さめられる	目めが覚さめられない
Causative	目めが覚さめさせる	目めが覚さめさせない
Causative passive	目めが覚さめさせられる	目めが覚さめさせられない
Volitional	目めが覚さめよう
Polite volitional	目めが覚さめましょう
Imperative	目めが覚さめろ	目めが覚さめるな
Conditional	目めが覚さめれば	目めが覚さめなければ
Tara conditional	目めが覚さめたら	目めが覚さめなかったら

Meanings

expression, ichidan verb, intransitive verb

wake up; awake

Literal waking from sleep; also used figuratively for snapping out of a daze or daydream.

Kanji

目eye, class, look
覚memorize, learn, remember

Related words

目め覚ざめるN1
目覚める is a single verb meaning the same thing, while 目が覚める is a more colloquial, phrase-like way to say the same thing.
覚さめるN3
覚める is the bare verb for becoming aware or sober (of sleep, intoxication, or a trance), whereas 目が覚める specifically frames it as one's eyes opening from sleep or a daze.
起おきるN5sense 1
起きる means to physically get up out of bed, while 目が覚める refers only to becoming mentally awake, which can happen while still lying down.

Opposites

眠ねむるN4sense 1
眠る means to fall asleep or be asleep, the opposite state from 目が覚める, which means to wake up.

Don't confuse with

気きがつくN3
目が覚める means waking up from sleep, while 気がつく (sense 3) means regaining consciousness after fainting or being knocked out.
目めが冴さえるN1
目が覚める means 'to wake up' (from sleep), whereas 目が冴える describes being unable to fall asleep because one's mind is too alert.

Built from

目め+覚さめる

Written forms

目めが覚さめる
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
目めがさめる
Kana spelling of 覚める; common in casual writing or when avoiding the kanji.

Etymology

Phrase consisting of 目 (eye) + が (subject marker) + 覚める (to wake). The literal meaning is 'one's eyes open/awaken'.

Related words

目め覚ざめるN1

目覚める is a single verb meaning the same thing, while 目が覚める is a more colloquial, phrase-like way to say the same thing.

覚さめるN3

覚める is the bare verb for becoming aware or sober (of sleep, intoxication, or a trance), whereas 目が覚める specifically frames it as one's eyes opening from sleep or a daze.

起おきるN5sense 1

起きる means to physically get up out of bed, while 目が覚める refers only to becoming mentally awake, which can happen while still lying down.

Don't confuse with

気きがつくN3

目が覚める means waking up from sleep, while 気がつく (sense 3) means regaining consciousness after fainting or being knocked out.

目めが冴さえるN1

目が覚める means 'to wake up' (from sleep), whereas 目が冴える describes being unable to fall asleep because one's mind is too alert.