おこす
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, す, transitive)
1. to raise; to raise up; to set up; to pick up; to stand (something) up
I tried to sit up immediately, but noticed that my body was strangely heavy.
2. to wake; to wake up; to waken; to awaken
Please wake me up properly.
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
This time, please don't take any unauthorized actions.
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 feel (an emotion, desire, etc.); to be moved to; to summon up; to muster
7. to fall ill with
8. to transcribe; to write down (what is spoken)
9. to turn over (a card)
Pitch accent
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Top 10400
Used in vocabulary (32 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 muster (e.g. courage); to gather; to collect; to pluck up
Examples (100 in total)
I'm sorry I woke you up.
Please wake me up properly.
Don't wake the cat.
Wake up the children.
I don't want to wake the children up.
Wake me up at eight.
Are you having a panic attack?
I don't want you to wake him up.
Don't wake him up.
Don't wake up the sleeping child.
The mother is waking up her daughter.
Wake me up before you go.
She woke him up.
Why didn't you wake me up?
I'm sorry, I woke you up.
Thanks for waking me up.
Please wake me for breakfast.
My fingertips spasmed.
I made a serious mistake.
I raise my upper body from the bed.
I am prone to panicking.
Whatever you do, don't stir up any trouble.
Would you wake me up every morning?
They want to riot.
Could you wake me up at seven?
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.
I don't want to cause trouble over something trivial.
Would someone please wake me up at 2:30?
No, I was waking them up gently at first.
Please wake me up at 6:30.
If Tom calls, wake me up.
Have you ever had a heart attack?
I had retinal detachment five years ago.
I don't want there to be any trouble.
We have to act now.
This time, please don't take any unauthorized actions.
Don't forget to wake me up tomorrow morning.
She had some trouble with him before.
It is not that I personally took action.
If it is painful for you to sit up, shall I feed you?
Later I got a written transcript of it.
My little sister pulled off my futon to wake me up.
What were you dreaming about when I woke you up?
He explained how to make a fire.
Take care not to awake the sleeping baby.
Drive slowly. You might have an accident.
I sit up and return to the manuscript once more.
People rose in revolt against the king.
It's Saturday. You needn't have woken me up.
Whatever you do, don't go getting any stupid ideas.
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.
Whoever causes trouble will be the victim of the trouble.
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.
He was roused by a loud knocking at the door.
We spoke in a low voice to avoid waking up the baby.
Four people were in the car when the accident happened.
The populace causing the commotion seems to be saying that.
A small spark often kindles a large flame.
The angry citizens took action immediately.
The earthquake which caused the disaster occurred in 1995.
I sat up in bed and tidied myself up.
I asked my mom to wake me up at four.
Eating raw chicken can give you food poisoning.
My daughter often had asthma attacks when she was a child.
They sued the government for damages.
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.
I sat on the edge of the chair so as not to wake him.
The teachers are trying to motivate their students.
It would not be strange if everyone were doing something or other.
While rubbing his head, he sits up and opens his eyes.
That disciple starts trouble the moment you look away.
Their plot to start a fire was discovered by the police.
Magic is the act of causing various phenomena using magical power.
He asked me to wake him at six.
Ben learned to make a fire without matches.
In the 1960's, Japanese college students demonstrated against their government.
What would happen if you actually filed such a lawsuit?
I tried to sit up immediately, but noticed that my body was strangely heavy.
They accused him of being in the classroom in order to cause trouble.
In any case, it would be bad to wake him, so I quietly closed the door.
First, I picked up the chair that had been lying on the ground and set it back in its original place.