起き上がる|おきあがるokiagaru[4]nakadaka (mid-high)

Common
Definitions
  1. godan verb, intransitive verbto rise; to get up; to stand up; to sit up
    これを見みると、彼かれは起き上おきあがってでていった。↗
    At this, he got up and went out.
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.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • 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

Japanese definitions
  1. 横よこになっていたものが体からだを起おこしたり、立ち上たちあがったりする。
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