目覚め・目醒め|めざめmezame[3]odaka (tail-high)

1. nounwaking; waking up; awakening
   彼かれは人々ひとびとを無知むちから目覚めざめさせようとした。↗

   He tried to awake people from their ignorance.

• Synonym覚醒かくせいWrittenWritten/formal prose. Means waking up, but also disillusionment or a figurative awakening; close to 「目覚め」 but more literary.
• Related起床きしょうNeutralGetting out of bed; fine in both speech and writing, e.g. 「6時に起床する」. 「目覚め」 is the moment of waking, and can also mean a figurative awakening.
• Related寝起きねおきNeutralDescribes the state just after waking, as in 「寝起きが悪い」; 「目覚め」 centers on the moment of waking itself.
• Antonym眠りねむりNeutralSleep; the direct opposite of 「目覚め」.

Use 「目覚め」 or 「目が覚める」 for waking from sleep, 「起床」 for getting out of bed, and 「寝起き」 for the state right after waking; for awakening in written or formal prose, choose 「覚醒」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. めざめること。ねざめ。
2. 本心ほんしんに返かえること。
3. それまで潜ひそんでいたものが働はたらき始はじめること。