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)
Kanji used
to occur
Pitch accent
Top 800
Used in vocabulary (34 in total)
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
to get up (e.g. from bed); to make one's way in the world; to achieve in life
to rise; to raise up; to straighten up; to sit up; to stand up
Examples (74 in total)
I'm sorry I woke you up.
Don't wake the cat.
Wake up the children.