(きしょう)

きしょう
noun, suru-verb
getting up, waking up
1. getting up, rising, waking up
The act of getting out of bed after sleep.
I wake up at 6 o'clock every day.
When I moved my wake-up time earlier, mornings became easier.
In the military, people wake up to the reveille bugle.
According to the school rules, wake-up is set at 6:00 and bedtime at 10:00.
Since I started working, my wake-up time has become earlier. Getting up at 5 AM is hard, but the trains are empty so commuting is easy.

起床(きしょう) is a more formal word for getting up, often used in writing or official contexts.

Common collocations:

  • 起床(きしょう)時間(じかん) (wake-up time)
  • 起床(きしょう)する (to get up, to rise)
  • (はや)()き (early rising - more casual)

Opposite:

  • 就寝(しゅうしん) (going to bed)

Related expressions:

  • ()きる (to wake up, to get up - everyday term)
  • ()()ます (to wake up)
  • (あさ)寝坊(ねぼう) (oversleeping)

Usage note:
起床(きしょう) is more formal than ()きる. It's commonly used in schedules, rules, or formal descriptions of daily routines.