起きる

• 読み: おきる
• ローマ字: okiru
• 漢字の分解: 起 (ki/o) — to rise, to wake up
• 発音: /o.ki.ɾɯ/

意味

To get up; to wake up; to rise. Used for both waking from sleep and getting out of bed.

A Group 2 (ichidan) intransitive verb. Commonly used with time expressions to describe when one wakes up. Can also mean 'to occur' or 'to happen' when referring to events (事故が起きる). The transitive counterpart is 起こす (to wake someone up).

例文

1. 毎朝六時に起きます。
2. 今日は早く起きた。
3. 日曜日は遅く起きてもいいです。

使い方ガイド

場面: morning routine, daily life, schedules

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

From Old Japanese. The kanji 起 combines 走 (run) and 己 (self), suggesting the idea of raising oneself up to begin movement.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal