first thing after waking up; as soon as getting up
Refers to the period immediately after waking up, often used in phrases like 起き抜けに or 起き抜けの. Commonly used to describe actions or states right after rising.
It's my habit to drink coffee first thing after waking up.
I can't think about difficult things with a just-woken-up head.
Standard kanji spelling.
Mixed kana-kanji spelling; also common.
Variant with 抜 instead of 抜け; less common.
Compound of 起き (oki, 'waking up', continuative form of 起きる) and 抜け (nuke, 'coming out', continuative form of 抜ける), literally 'just out of waking up'.