To Wake Up
To Awaken
intransitive verb, ichidan verb
If your eyes are awake then you're going to wake up. Your eyes are usually the first thing to awaken when you're waking up, you know?
This word can also mean to awaken but it's like when you to come to your senses, not literally waking up.
The readings for this word are both kun'yomi readings. You haven’t learned this reading for 覚 yet, and in this case it also gets rendaku’d, so bear that in mind. Anyway, here’s a mnemonic to help you:
If you start to wake up in the middle of the night, it’s because of the Czar (ざ) you met that had banned sitting. This cruel, ruthless Czar keeps appearing in your nightmares, causing you to wake up incessantly. Terrifying.
このライフハックを使うと、朝、すっきり目覚めることができます。
If you use this life hack, you can wake up feeling refreshed in the morning.
ケンはやっと社長としての自覚に目覚めたようだね。
It seems that Ken has finally become aware of what it means to become company president.
電車の中でうとうとしていて、目覚めたら知らない駅に着いていてびっくりしました。
I was nodding off in the train, and when I woke up, I was surprised to find myself at an unfamiliar station.