起こす

Meanings

1. to raise; to raise up; to set up; to pick up; to stand (something) up
2. to wake; to wake up; to waken; to awaken
3. to cause; to bring about; to lead to; to trigger; to give rise to; to create; to generate (e.g. heat, electricity); to produce
4. to start; to begin; to launch; to establish; to found; to set up; to open
5. to plough; to plow; to till

Part of speech: godan verb (す), transitive

Kanji

• 起

  Meanings

  rouse, wake up, get up

  On reading

  キ

  Kun reading

  お.きる、お.こる、お.こす、おこ.す、た.つ

  Strokes

  10

Example sentences

• わたしたちはその木を起こした。

  We got the tree up.

  Tatoeba #191931 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• 病気の子供はベッドの上で体を起こした。

  The sick child sat up in bed.

  Tatoeba #85260 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• 彼は火事だと言って僕を揺すって起こした。

  He shook me awake, shouting, "A fire!"

  Tatoeba #109191 · CC BY 2.0 FR