起きる
おきる
hepburn okiru
to get up, wake up
Part of speech · ichidan-verb
Pattern visualization
Examples
- 毎朝六時に起きます。I wake up at 6 every morning.
- 事故が起きました。An accident happened.
Collocations
~時に起きる早く起きる遅く起きる事故が起きる (accident happens)起こす (wake someone up, transitive)
Mnemonic
起きる okiru — ichidan, two meanings: ① wake up (from sleep) ② (event/accident) happen. Transitive counterpart: 起こす okosu (wake someone, raise). Pairs with 寝る. Both occupy core daily-schedule vocab.
Quick check
For "I woke my little brother", which verb?