JLPT N5 · Verb

起きる (okiru)

起きる (おきる, okiru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to get up; to rise”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
おきる
Romaji
okiru
Word class
Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level
JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

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

Example sentences

6時ごろ起きた。
I got up at about six.
お子さんはまだ起きているのですか。
Is the kid still up?
「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."

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 起きる

Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary起きるおきる okiru
Polite (~masu)起きますおきます okimasu
Negative起きないおきない okinai
Polite negative起きませんおきません okimasen
Past起きたおきた okita
Polite past起きましたおきました okimashita
Negative past起きなかったおきなかった okinakatta
Te-form起きておきて okite
Potential起きられるおきられる okirareru
Passive起きられるおきられる okirareru
Causative起きさせるおきさせる okisaseru
Volitional起きようおきよう okiyou
Imperative起きろおきろ okiro
Conditional (~ba)起きればおきれば okireba

Kanji in 起きる

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 起きる.

Source: JMdict entry 1223640 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.