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THE WORD · N4

起すおこす

wake up; cause

Verbe · Group 1 verb

８時じに起こしおこして。

Wake me up at eight o'clock.

Example: Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Japanese: bunbuku · French : bojnin

Parts of speech

Group 1 verb (godan) · Transitive

The dictionary may associate several parts of speech with different meanings of the same word.

Verb group: Group 1 (godan)

Verb usage: freight forwarder

Other written forms: 起こす

English dictionary meanings

to raise
to raise up
to set up
to pick up
to stand (something) up
to wake
to wake up
to waken
to awaken
to cause
to bring about
to lead to
to trigger
to give rise to
to create
to generate (e.g. heat, electricity)
to produce
to start
to begin
to launch
to establish
to found
to open
to plough
to plow
to till
to feel (an emotion, desire, etc.)
to be moved to
to summon up
to muster
to fall ill with
to transcribe
to write down (what is spoken)
to turn over (a card)

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