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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.

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

wake up; be awake; stay awake

Transition from sleep to wakefulness, or the state of being awake.

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

occur; happen; take place

Used for events, especially undesirable ones such as accidents, problems, or incidents.

〈時とき〉に起おきるto get up at a certain time
毎まい朝あさ6時じに起おきる。
I get up at six every morning.
〈時とき〉まで起おきているto stay awake/up until a certain time
夜よる遅おそくまで起おきていた。
I stayed up until late at night.
〈事こと〉が起おきるfor an incident/accident to occur
昨さく夜や、大おおきな事じ故こが起おきた。
A big accident occurred last night.
火ひが起おきるfor a fire to blaze up
たき火びが勢いきおいよく起おきた。
The bonfire blazed up strongly.

起おき出だすget out of bed; get up
気きが起おきないunmotivated; can't bring oneself to do something
起おきて半はん畳じょう寝ねて一いち畳じょうone should be content with little; waking, half a tatami mat; sleeping, a single tatami mat
転ころんでもただは起おきぬmake the most of every situation; turn anything to profit
転ころんでもただでは起おきぬturn everything to profit; make the best of a bad situation

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転ころんでもただは起おきないturn everything to profit; never miss a chance to gain
転ころんでもただでは起おきないmake the best of a bad situation; turn a setback into an opportunity

起おこすN4sense 1
起こす is the transitive partner of 起きる, meaning to wake someone up or raise something, while 起きる is intransitive.

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.

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.
横よこになるN4
起きる means to get up or rise, the direct opposite of 横になる's act of lying down.

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.

早はや起おきN4
getting up early; early rising · early riser; early bird
寝ね起おき
lying down and getting up; daily routine of sleeping and waking · waking up; getting out of bed · living with; staying with
起おき上あがるN1
get up; rise; stand up; sit up
七なな転ころび八や起おき
not giving up; perseverance; falling seven times, getting up eight · vicissitudes of life; ups and downs of life
起おき抜ぬけ
first thing after waking up; as soon as getting up

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朝あさ起おき
early rising; getting up early
飛とび起おきる
jump out of bed; spring to one's feet
暁あかつき起おき
waking up just before daybreak
起おきがけ
first thing after waking up; upon rising
起おき伏ふし
rising and going to bed; daily life · all the time; constantly; whether awake or asleep
起おき攻ぜめ
okizeme; wake-up pressure; attack on opponent's wake-up
起おき直なおる
sit up; raise oneself
起おき返かえる
rise; get up; stand up; sit up
跳はね起おき
kip-up
跳はね起おきる
jump up; spring up
起おき上あがり小こ法ぼ師し
tumbler doll; self-righting doll; Daruma doll

起おきるUsage94%
Standard kanji spelling for all senses.
おきるUsage6%
Kana spelling is common in informal writing and when the kanji is not needed for clarity.

Derived from classical verb 起く (おく). The modern form 起きる developed through regular sound changes.