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起きる · ichidan verb

Meanings

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

get up; rise; blaze up

Physical rising: getting out of bed, standing up, or a fire starting to burn strongly.

Related words· 7

起おこるN4sense 3
起こる is the more general word for events happening (especially natural or large-scale ones), while 起きる is used for more personal or specific incidents as well as physical rising.
発はっ生せいN2sense 3
発生する is a formal, often technical word for something occurring (e.g. a disease, phenomenon), whereas 起きる is the everyday word for events happening.
目め覚ざめるN1sense 2
目覚める focuses on the moment of waking from sleep, while 起きる covers both waking up and the act of getting out of bed.
立たつN5
起きる means to get up from lying down or sleep, while 立つ specifically means to rise into a standing position.

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起おき上あがるN1
起きる is the broad word for waking up or for something occurring, while 起き上がる specifically describes the physical motion of rising to an upright posture.
起き床しょうN2
起きる is the everyday, spoken verb for getting out of bed, while 起床 is a more formal or written term often used in schedules and reports.
目めが覚さめる
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

寝ねるN5sense 1
寝る means to sleep or lie down, the opposite of 起きる's sense of getting up or being awake.
休やすむN5
起きる 'to get up' is the natural opposite of 休む when 休む means going to bed or lying down to sleep.
眠ねむるN4
起きる means to wake up or get up, the direct opposite of falling asleep expressed by 眠る.

Don't confuse with

生いきるN4
生きる (いきる, 'to live') and 起きる (おきる, 'to get up') look and sound similar but are unrelated in meaning.
覚さめるN3
起きる means 'to get up' physically out of bed, while 覚める refers only to the mental state of becoming conscious, so one can 覚める without 起きる.