VocabJLPT N5
to wake up
Ichidan VerbIntransitive Verb

Definitions

  1. 1. to get up
  2. 2. to rise
  3. 3. to wake up
  4. 4. to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents)
This verb means to wake up or to get up from sleep. It is also used to mean that something occurs or happens, so context helps clarify the meaning.

Example sentences

Initial · simple i+1

I wake up in the morning.

Sentence 1

A: Get up, now! B: Yeah, yeah, I'm getting up.

Sentence 2

A: You up yet? B: Not yet, five more minutes.

Sentence 3

What time are you getting up tomorrow?

Sentence 4

I have a lot to do in the morning, so I get up a little early.

Sentence 5

I had a dream about work and woke up at a weird hour.