目覚める · ichidan verb
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 目覚める | 目覚めない |
| Polite | 目覚めます | 目覚めません |
| Past polite | 目覚めました | 目覚めませんでした |
| Past | 目覚めた | 目覚めなかった |
| Te-form | 目覚めて | 目覚めないで |
| Desire | 目覚めたい | 目覚めたくない |
| Potential | 目覚められるalso 目覚めれる | 目覚められないalso 目覚めれない |
| Passive | 目覚められる | 目覚められない |
| Causative | 目覚めさせる | 目覚めさせない |
| Causative passive | 目覚めさせられる | 目覚めさせられない |
| Volitional | 目覚めよう | |
| Polite volitional | 目覚めましょう | |
| Imperative | 目覚めろ | 目覚めるな |
| Conditional | 目覚めれば | 目覚めなければ |
| Tara conditional | 目覚めたら | 目覚めなかったら |
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
Physical waking from sleep; also used figuratively for nature or things becoming active.
When I woke up in the morning, it was snowing outside.
春になると、冬眠していた熊が目覚める。
In spring, hibernating bears wake up.
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
awaken to; become aware of; realize
Metaphorical awakening: discovering a latent ability, feeling, or truth within oneself. Often used with ～に目覚める.
彼は最近、料理に目覚めた。
He recently discovered a passion for cooking.
その本を読んで、自分の中の偏見に目覚めた。
Reading that book made me aware of my own prejudices.
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
come to one's senses; regain consciousness
Recovering from a dazed, unconscious, or deluded state; often used in dramatic or literary contexts.
気を失っていたが、数分後に目覚めた。
I had lost consciousness, but I came to after a few minutes.
彼はようやく自分の愚かさに目覚めた。
He finally came to his senses about his own foolishness.
He discovered his talent for music once he became a university student.
He finally came to his senses after a long period of confusion.
I was startled to wake up in an unfamiliar room.
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.
目覚める is the everyday verb for physically waking up or realizing something, while 覚醒 is the more formal, medical, or literary noun for the same event.
目覚める is a slightly more literary or emphatic word for waking up (often used figuratively for awakening to a realization), while 覚める is the plain, everyday verb.
Rarely used kanji form.