Godan verb, transitive verb

  1. to raise, to raise up, to set up, to pick up.
  2. to wake, to wake up, to waken, to awaken.
  3. to cause, to bring about, to lead to, to trigger, to give rise to, to create, to generate (e.g. heat, electricity), to produce.
  4. to start, to begin, to launch, to establish, to found, to set up, to open.
  5. to plow, to till.
  6. to fall ill with.
  7. to transcribe, to write down (what is spoken).
  8. to turn over (a card).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
起こす おこす
 
起す おこす

Contained Kanji Breakdown

rouse, wake up, get up
お.きる キ おこ.す (3rd, N4)
run
はし.る ソウ はしり (2nd, N4)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
stop, halt
と.まる シ どめ (2nd, N4)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク うらな.う うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
self
コ おのれ キ (6th, N1)