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おこす
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, す, transitive)
1. to raise; to raise up; to set up; to pick up
2. to wake; to wake up; to waken; to awaken
3. to cause; to bring about; to lead to; to trigger; to give rise to; to create; to generate (e.g. heat, electricity); to produce
4. to start; to begin; to launch; to establish; to found; to set up; to open
5. to plough; to plow; to till
6. to fall ill with
7. to transcribe; to write down (what is spoken)
8. to turn over (a card)
Alt. forms
起おこす
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起おこす
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おこす
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Pitch accent
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Conjugations...Used in: 953
Used in vocabulary (27 in total)
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
to create (a sensation); to give rise to (controversy)
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Examples (74 in total)
I'm sorry I woke you up.
Don't wake the cat.
Wake up the children.
I don't want to wake the children up.
Wake me up at eight.
I don't want you to wake him up.
Don't wake up the sleeping child.
Don't wake him up.
Wake me up before you go.
She woke him up.
Why didn't you wake me up?
The mother is waking up her daughter.
Thanks for waking me up.
Please wake me for breakfast.
Would you wake me up every morning?
Are you having a panic attack?
They want to riot.
I had a stroke last year.
I often get conjunctivitis.
I'm sorry I forgot to wake you up.
I started a fire right away.
They gave us very little trouble.
You failed to wake Harry up.
Would someone please wake me up at 2:30?
Please wake me up at 6:30.
If Tom calls, wake me up.
Have you ever had a heart attack?
I don't want there to be any trouble.
We have to act now.
Don't forget to wake me up tomorrow morning.
She had some trouble with him before.
He explained how to make a fire.
What were you dreaming about when I woke you up?
Take care not to awake the sleeping baby.
Drive slowly. You might have an accident.
People rose in revolt against the king.
It's Saturday. You needn't have woken me up.
A child's mischief often causes a fire.
John tried not to wake the sleeping baby.
Jim didn't wake up until his mother woke him.
He is allergic to dust.
The masses rose against the dictator.
The workers are threatening to strike.
As he had no way of making fire, he ate the fish raw.
He fell asleep while driving and caused an accident.
She filed a suit for divorce against him.
The employees threatened to go on strike.
Such behavior gives rise to problems.
At last, the day has arrived for us to act.
Once my grandfather falls asleep, nobody can wake him up.
I got into trouble with the police for driving too fast.
Four people were in the car when the accident happened.
We spoke in a low voice to avoid waking up the baby.
A small spark often kindles a large flame.
The angry citizens took action immediately.
Eating raw chicken can give you food poisoning.
My daughter often had asthma attacks when she was a child.
Tom is having an allergic reaction to something he ate.
The speaker tried to incite the people to rebellion.
A group started a campaign to preserve rain forests.
The teachers are trying to motivate their students.
Their plot to start a fire was discovered by the police.
He asked me to wake him at six.
Ben learned to make a fire without matches.
They accused him of being in the classroom in order to cause trouble.
Could you wake me up at seven?
I had retinal detachment five years ago.
Whoever causes trouble will be the victim of the trouble.
He was roused by a loud knocking at the door.
The earthquake which caused the disaster occurred in 1995.
I asked my mom to wake me up at four.
They sued the government for damages.
The news caused alarm throughout the village.
In the 1960's, Japanese college students demonstrated against their government.