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起こす おこす N4

  1. to pick up; to raise; to raise up; to set up
  2. to awaken; to wake; to wake up; to waken
  3. to bring about; to cause; to create; to generate (e.g. heat, electricity); to give rise to; to lead to; to produce; to trigger
  4. to begin; to establish; to found; to launch; to open; to set up; to start
  5. to plough; to plow; to till
  6. to fall ill with
  7. to transcribe; to write down (what is spoken)
  8. to turn over (a card)

引き起こす ひきおこす N1

  1. to bring about; to cause; to induce; to provoke
  2. to help up (e.g. a fallen person); to pull upright

思い起こす おもいおこす

  1. to recall; to remember

掘り起こす ほりおこす

  1. to dig up; to uncover; to unearth

呼び起こす よびおこす

  1. to awaken; to wake (someone) up (by calling for them)
  2. to arouse (e.g. interest); to bring back (memories); to call (to mind); to evoke

助け起こす たすけおこす

  1. to help (someone) to their feet; to help (someone) up

切り起こす きりおこす

  1. to open up waste land for cultivation

叩き起こす たたきおこす

  1. to rouse out of bed; to wake (someone) up (roughly)
  2. to awaken (someone) by knocking at the door

抱き起こす だきおこす

  1. to help (a person) sit up; to lift (a person) in one's arms

揺すり起こす ゆすりおこす

  1. to shake someone awake
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