expression, Godan verb

  1. to wake up.
  2. to sober up, to come to one's senses, to become enlightened.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
 
目を覚ます めをさます
 
 
 
 
目をさます めをさます

Contained Kanji Breakdown

eye, class, look
め モク ボク (1st, N4)
memorize, learn, remember
カク おぼ.える さ.ます (4th, N3)
to learn(𦥯) variant
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ (Kentei 1)
see, hopes, chances
み.る ケン (1st, N5)
eye, class, look
め モク ボク (1st, N4)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン ニン がい (Kentei 1)