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起こす

おこす

to wake up

Mnemonic

The very same 起こす. What you are standing upright this time is a person, at six in the morning, against their considerable preference. Okay おこ, up you get: おこす.

Worth knowing

Same word as 起こす "to cause". 起きる おきる is getting up yourself; 起こす is getting somebody else up.

Built from

rise, get up
走 run + 己 self

Also read おこす

to bring about, to cause

Words sharing these kanji

to occur to get up, to get out of bed to occur, to happen

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