起き上がる|おきあがるokiagaru[4]nakadaka (mid-high)
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- godan verb, intransitive verbto rise; to get up; to stand up; to sit up
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 起き上がる(おきあがる) |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 起き上がります(おきあがります) |
| Negative (nai) | 起き上がらない(おきあがらない) |
| polite (masen) | 起き上がりません(おきあがりません) |
| classical zu / nu | 起き上がらず・起き上がらぬ(おきあがらず・おきあがらぬ) |
| Past (ta) | 起き上がった(おきあがった) |
| polite (mashita) | 起き上がりました(おきあがりました) |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 起き上がらなかった(おきあがらなかった) |
| polite (masen deshita) | 起き上がりませんでした(おきあがりませんでした) |
| Te form | 起き上がって(おきあがって) |
| Potential | 起き上がれる(おきあがれる) |
| Passive | 起き上がられる(おきあがられる) |
| Causative | 起き上がらせる(おきあがらせる) |
| Causative passive | 起き上がらせられる・起き上がらされる(おきあがらせられる・おきあがらされる) |
| Conditional (ba) | 起き上がれば(おきあがれば) |
| tara | 起き上がったら(おきあがったら) |
| Volitional | 起き上がろう(おきあがろう) |
| polite (mashou) | 起き上がりましょう(おきあがりましょう) |
| Imperative | 起き上がれ(おきあがれ) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- 1.Synonym立ち上がるたちあがるNeutralCovers standing up from sitting or lying, and figuratively rising to take action, as in 「立ち上がって抗議する」; 「起き上がる」 is about getting up from a lying position.
- 2.Synonym立つたつNeutralThe broadest word for standing: it covers both the state and the position of standing. 「起き上がる」 refers only to the action of getting up from lying down.
- 3.Synonym起立きりつFormalA formal Sino-Japanese word for rising to one's feet, used as a command in class or meetings, as in 「起立、礼」. For getting up from lying down, say 「起き上がる」.
- 4.Related起きるおきるNeutralCan also mean getting up from lying down, but usually means waking or getting out of bed, and also events happening; 「起き上がる」 is just the act of rising.
- 5.Relatedおっ立つおったつCasualA colloquial, somewhat coarse word for standing up straight or sticking up, and not very common. 「起き上がる」 means getting up from a lying position.
- 6.Antonym倒れるたおれるNeutralAntonym: things that were standing fall over, and people collapse from illness — the opposite direction from 「起き上がる」's getting up.
- 7.Antonym転ぶころぶNeutralAntonym: to trip or slip and fall down, the opposite of scrambling back up; the pair often appears together as 「転んでも起き上がる」.
Use 「起き上がる」 for getting up from lying down or after a fall. For standing up use 「立ち上がる」, for getting out of bed 「起きる」, and for the command in class or meetings 「起立」; the opposites are 「倒れる」 and 「転ぶ」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only


