I Love Kanji覚める (sameru)
覚める (さめる, sameru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to wake; to wake up”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- さめる
- Romaji
- sameru
- Word class
- Ichidan verb (る-verb)
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to wake; to wake up · ichidan verb, intransitive
- to wear off (of drunkenness, anaesthesia, etc.); to regain consciousness; to sober up · ichidan verb, intransitive
- to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned · ichidan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
けが人は麻酔から覚めた後痛みで泣きわめいた。
The injured person wailed with pain after recovering from the anaesthesia.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 覚める
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 覚める | さめる sameru |
| Polite (~masu) | 覚めます | さめます samemasu |
| Negative | 覚めない | さめない samenai |
| Polite negative | 覚めません | さめません samemasen |
| Past | 覚めた | さめた sameta |
| Polite past | 覚めました | さめました samemashita |
| Negative past | 覚めなかった | さめなかった samenakatta |
| Te-form | 覚めて | さめて samete |
| Potential | 覚められる | さめられる samerareru |
| Passive | 覚められる | さめられる samerareru |
| Causative | 覚めさせる | さめさせる samesaseru |
| Volitional | 覚めよう | さめよう sameyou |
| Imperative | 覚めろ | さめろ samero |
| Conditional (~ba) | 覚めれば | さめれば samereba |
Kanji in 覚める
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 覚める.
覚えるおぼえるto memorize覚悟かくごreadiness感覚かんかくsense視覚しかく(sense of) sight覚ますさますto awaken目覚しめざましalarm clock自覚じかくself-awareness覚えおぼえmemory聴覚ちょうかく(sense of) hearing味覚みかく(sense of) taste目覚しいめざましいremarkable目覚めるめざめるto wake up
Source: JMdict entry 1206070 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.