
JULY 2021 (VOL.165)
Okiru おきる
okiru means “to get/wake up”
Mariko
Soro soro okite~.
You better wake up ~.
Taka
Nemui… Mada okirenai.
Sleepy… I cannot wake up yet.
Mariko
Okinai to chikoku suruyo!
Wake up or you’ll be late!
Taka
Onaka ga itai.
I hae stomach ache.
Mariko
Baka iu na! Okiro!
Don’t be silly! Get up!
Taka
Wakatta, okiru yo.
Okay, I get up now.


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| get up | get up (polite) | got up | got up(polite) | be getting up | was getting up | |
| positive | Okiru | Okimasu | Okita | Oki mashita | Okite iru | Okite ita |
| negative | Oki nai | Okimasen | Okinakatta | Okimasen deshita | Okite inai | Okite inakatta |
| Can get up | want to get up | let’s get up | Get up! | please get up |
| Okirareru | Okitai | Okiyou | Okiro! | Okite kudasai |
| Okirarenai | Okitatakunai | – | Oiruna! | Okinaide kudasai |
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Yonaka made okite ita.
I was up till late night.

Ashita wa hayaku okitai.
I want to wake up early tomorrow.

Kyo wa hachi-ji ni oki mashita.
I wake up at 8 o’clock today.

Inu ga hoetemo okimasen deshita.
We did not wake up even when a dog barked.

Okitaku nai…
I don’t want to get up…

Atsushi okite iru (okiteru)?
Are your awake, Atsushi?
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