起きる — meaning in English

English meaning

• awake adj Not asleep; conscious.
• awaken verb To cause to become awake.
• up adverb Toward or in a higher position; away from the ground.
• wake verb To stop sleeping, or to rouse someone from sleep.

Senses

起きる is used for these senses in English:

• awake (transitive) To cause (somebody) to stop sleeping.
• be awake To not sleep, to stay awake. (This entry is a translation hub.)
• get up To rise from one's bed, usually upon waking up in order to begin one's day.
• up Awake and out of bed.
• wake (transitive) (often followed by up) To make somebody stop sleeping; to rouse from sleep.
• wake up (intransitive) To stop sleeping; to awake.
• wake up (intransitive) To become more aware of a real-life situation; to concentrate on the matter in hand.

awake — full definition

1. adj Not asleep; conscious.
2. verb To stop sleeping, or to wake someone else up.

awaken — full definition

1. verb To cause to become awake.
2. verb To stop sleeping; awake.
3. verb To bring into action (something previously dormant); to stimulate.
4. verb Of something previously dormant, to become active.

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