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起きる

おきる

to get up, to get out of bed

Mnemonic

The same standing-up that events do, except this time it is you. Six every morning, upright before you have decided to be. Okay おき, okay, I am up: おきる.

Worth knowing

Same word as 起きる "to occur". Careful with 怒る おこる, to get angry, one vowel apart.

Built from

rise, get up
走 run + 己 self

Also read おきる

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