起きる
おきる
to get up (e.g., from sleeping); to happen
Okiru (起きる) is an ichidan verb meaning "to get up (e.g., from sleeping)". Its polite form is 起きます (okimasu), its te form is 起きて (okite), its past form is 起きた (okita), and its negative form is 起きない (okinai).
Ichidan verbJLPT N5
Okiru (起きる) conjugation quick reference
起きる means "to get up (e.g., from sleeping)". Its main forms are listed below, with links to the grammar pattern behind each form.
Okiru example sentences
毎日、七時に起きます。
I get up at 7 o’clock every day.
昨日、九時に起きました。
I got up at 9 o’clock yesterday.
今日は早く起きません。
I won't get up early today.
How to use Okiru: grammar notes
•Use に with 起きる to show the time you get up, like 7時に起きます ("I get up at 7 o'clock").
•Don’t use を before 起きる—say ベッドで起きます ("I get up in bed"), not ベッドを起きます.
•起きる can also mean "something happens"—for example, 事故が起きました means "An accident happened," using が to mark what happened.
•JLPT N5 level
Common phrases with Okiru
朝（あさ）早（はや）く起きる
to get up early in the morning
何（なに）が起きたの？
What happened?
もう起きなさい
Wake up already / It's time to get up
Okiru (起きる) conjugation table
| Form | Japanese | Romaji |
|---|---|---|
| Basic Forms | ||
| Dictionary Form | 起きる | okiru |
| Masu Form | 起きます | okimasu |
| Te Form | 起きて | okite |
| Past Form | 起きた | okita |
| Negative Form | 起きない | okinai |
| Past Negative | 起きなかった | okinakatta |
| Polite Forms | ||
| Polite Present | 起きます | okimasu |
| Polite Past | 起きました | okimashita |
| Polite Negative | 起きません | okimasen |
| Polite Past Negative | 起きませんでした | okimasendeshita |
| Advanced Forms | ||
| Potential Form | 起きられる | okirareru |
| Passive Form | 起きられる | okirareru |
| Causative Form | 起きさせる | okisaseru |
| Causative Passive | 起きさせられる | okisaserareru |
| Volitional Form | 起きよう | okiyou |
| Imperative Form | 起きろ | okiro |
| Conditional Forms | ||
| Conditional (ば) | 起きれば | okireba |
| Conditional (たら) | 起きたら | okitara |
| Other Forms | ||
| Progressive Form | 起きている | okiteiru |
| Desire (たい) | 起きたい | okitai |
| Prohibition | 起きるな | okiruna |