起おこす

おこす okosu

to wake someone
to raise (the body)

godan verbtransitive

Also written 起こす

Chinese meanings

叫醒；扶起、撑起（身体）

Chinese notes

起す也写作起こす；上体を起こす表示撑起上半身，不能一律译为叫醒。

Examples

病気の子供はベッドの上で体を起こした。
The sick child sat up in bed.
生病的孩子在床上撑起了身子。
Tatoeba #85260
明日の朝6時に起こしてください。
Please wake me up at six tomorrow morning.
请明天早上六点叫醒我。
Tatoeba #80506

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('99de4451f7'); // 起す

{
  "id": "99de4451f7",
  "word": "起す",
  "reading": "おこす",
  "romaji": "okosu",
  "meanings": [
    "to wake someone",
    "to raise (the body)"
  ],
  "level": "N4",
  "pos": [
    "v5s",
    "vt"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1223660,
  "other_forms": [
    "起こす"
  ],
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "病気の子供はベッドの上で体を起こした。",
      "en": "The sick child sat up in bed.",
      "tatoeba_id": 85260
    },
    {
      "ja": "明日の朝6時に起こしてください。",
      "en": "Please wake me up at six tomorrow morning.",
      "tatoeba_id": 80506
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "38655200871c77b820e16c9a69a94f5c38d656558860d37b6e2f7fca68ec837e",
    "meanings": [
      "叫醒",
      "扶起、撑起（身体）"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "病気の子供はベッドの上で体を起こした。",
        "zh": "生病的孩子在床上撑起了身子。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "明日の朝6時に起こしてください。",
        "zh": "请明天早上六点叫醒我。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n4/99de4451f7",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "notes": "起す也写作起こす；上体を起こす表示撑起上半身，不能一律译为叫醒。",
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "5976daa611067dae9db578f0994ab0e2a694c6f688d75a5ebb11c2b3347a5426"
  }
}