起きる

Meanings

1. to get up; to rise; to blaze up (fire)
2. to wake up; to be awake; to stay awake
3. to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen; to take place

Part of speech: ichidan verb, intransitive

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

• ６時ごろ起きた。

  I got up at about six.

  Tatoeba #235061 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• お子さんはまだ起きているのですか。

  Is the kid still up?

  Tatoeba #227112 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• 「事故が起きれば、すぐにわかるよ」と彼は言う。

  "If there is an accident," he says, "they will know right away."

  Tatoeba #236286 · CC BY 2.0 FR