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
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Pitch accent
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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
to recall; to remember
to wake (someone) up (by calling for them); to awaken; to call (to mind); to bring back (memories); to evoke
to straighten up; to sit upright
to create (a sensation); to give rise to (controversy)
to wake up; to rouse out of bed; to knock on the door and wake someone
to lose one's temper; to throw a tantrum
to cause trouble; to cause a disturbance
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
to shake someone awake
to wake up; to rouse out of bed; to knock on the door and wake someone
to cause trouble; to cause a disturbance
to lose one's temper; to throw a tantrum
to rise in rebellion
to become desperate; to give way to despair
to become desperate; to give way to despair
to disturb the water; to wake a sleeping dog; (lit.) to wake a sleeping child
to become desperate; to give way to despair
to shake someone awake
to stir up; to stimulate
to stir up (e.g. a fire)
to plow a field; to plough a field
to stir up (e.g. a fire)
to stir up (e.g. a fire)
to become desperate; to give way to despair
to open up waste land for cultivation
to turn over soil; to dig or plow up (plough)
to make a fortune
Examples (74 in total)
I'm sorry I woke you up.
Don't wake the cat.
Wake up the children.