目め覚ざめる

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目覚める · ichidan verb

Meanings

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

Physical waking from sleep; also used figuratively for nature or things becoming active.

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

Metaphorical awakening: discovering a latent ability, feeling, or truth within oneself. Often used with ～に目覚める.

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

Recovering from a dazed, unconscious, or deluded state; often used in dramatic or literary contexts.

〈事こと〉に目め覚ざめるto awaken to (a talent, feeling, or cause)
彼かれは大だい学がく生せいになって音おん楽がくの才さい能のうに目め覚ざめた。
He discovered his talent for music once he became a university student.
〈事こと〉から目め覚ざめるto come to one's senses / snap out of (a dream, delusion)
彼かれはようやく長ながい迷まよいから目め覚ざめた。
He finally came to his senses after a long period of confusion.
〈場ば所しょ〉で目め覚ざめるto wake up in a place
見み知しらぬ部屋へやで目め覚ざめて驚おどろいた。
I was startled to wake up in an unfamiliar room.

目め覚ざます sense 1
目覚ます is the transitive form meaning to wake someone else up, while 目覚める is intransitive and means to wake up oneself.

起おきるN5sense 1
起きる means to get out of bed or for an event to occur, while 目覚める focuses on the moment consciousness returns, whether physically or figuratively.
気き付づくN4sense 2
気づく is a plain word for noticing or realizing something, whereas 目覚める carries a stronger sense of a deep, often life-changing awakening to a truth or ability.
目めが覚さめる
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.
覚かく醒せい
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.
覚さめるN3
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.

眠ねむるN4sense 1
眠る means to fall or be asleep, the direct opposite of 目覚める, which means to wake up.
眠ねむり込こむN2
目覚める means 'to wake up', the direct opposite of 眠り込む's 'to fall into a deep sleep'.

覚さめるN3sense 1
覚める is the simpler verb for waking up or becoming sober, and it shares kanji with 目覚める, which implies a more significant or figurative awakening.
目め覚ざましN2
目覚める is the verb meaning 'to wake up (oneself)', while 目覚まし is the noun for the alarm clock or wake-up treat, not an action you perform.

Compound of 目 (me, 'eye') + 覚める (sameru, 'to wake'). The historical derivation is straightforward; the kanji 醒 is a less common variant for 'awaken'.