Meaning

Primary

To Wake Up

Alternative

To Awaken

Word Type

intransitive verb, ichidan verb

Explanation

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.

Reading

めざめる
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

The readings for this word are both kun'yomi readings. You haven't learned this reading for yet, so here's a mnemonic to help you:

If you start to wake up in the middle of the night, it's because of the wake up wizard (). He sneaks into your house when you're sleeping and pokes you with his wand. Wizards like when you wake up. They're weird.

Context

Context Sentences

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。

I use this lifehack in the morning so I can wake up properly.

ケンはやっと社長としての責任感に目覚めたようだね。

It seems that Ken has finally become conscious of his responsibilities a company president.

省エネのため冷房の温度を三十度に設定しているせいで、目覚めたら汗だくになっていました。

To save energy, I set the temperature of the air conditioner to 30℃, so when I woke up, I was drenched.

Kanji Composition