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起こす

JLPT N4 · Vocabulary

起こす — “to wake (someone), to raise up, to cause”

起こす (read おこす) means to wake (someone), to raise up, to cause. It appears on the JLPT N4 vocabulary list and is a verb.

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おこす

Meaning

to wake (someone), to raise up, to cause

起こす in a sentence

明日あしたの朝あさ、私わたくしを起こしおこしてください。

Please wake me up tomorrow morning.

The kanji in 起こす

起to get up; to occur

Words that share a kanji with 起こす

起きるおきる— to get up (e.g., from sleeping); to happen
起こるおこる— to happen, to occur
起床きしょう— getting up (from bed), rising

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