起(お)き上(あ)がる

おきあがる
verb (godan)
to get up, to rise, to sit up
自動詞 intransitiveaction
Conjugation
AffirmativeNegative
Present起(お)き上(あ)がる起(お)き上(あ)がらない
Present polite起(お)き上(あ)がります起(お)き上(あ)がりません
Past起(お)き上(あ)がった起(お)き上(あ)がらなかった
Past polite起(お)き上(あ)がりました起(お)き上(あ)がりませんでした
て form起(お)き上(あ)がって起(お)き上(あ)がらなくて
ている present起(お)き上(あ)がっている起(お)き上(あ)がっていない
ている polite起(お)き上(あ)がっています起(お)き上(あ)がっていません
ている past起(お)き上(あ)がっていた起(お)き上(あ)がっていなかった
ている past polite起(お)き上(あ)がっていました起(お)き上(あ)がっていませんでした
Conditional ば起(お)き上(あ)がれば起(お)き上(あ)がらなければ
Conditional たら起(お)き上(あ)がったら起(お)き上(あ)がらなかったら
Volitional起(お)き上(あ)がろう—
Volitional polite起(お)き上(あ)がりましょう—
Potential起(お)き上(あ)がれる起(お)き上(あ)がれない
Passive起(お)き上(あ)がられる起(お)き上(あ)がられない
Causative起(お)き上(あ)がらせる起(お)き上(あ)がらせない
Imperative起(お)き上(あ)がれ起(お)き上(あ)がるな
1. to get up, to rise
To raise oneself from a lying or sitting position to standing.
In the morning, I can't easily get up.
I got up from bed and opened the window.
I got up from the sofa.
Even after waking up, I couldn't get up right away.
Please get up slowly.
2. to sit up
To raise one's upper body from a lying position to a sitting position.
The patient sat up.
赤(あか)ちゃんがひとりで起(お)き上(あ)がれるようになった。
The baby learned to sit up on its own.
布団(ふとん)から起(お)き上(あ)がる力(ちから)がない。
I don't have the energy to sit up from the futon.
Hearing his name called, he sat up on the futon.
I had such a high fever that I couldn't sit up, so I lay in bed all day.
3. to recover, to get back up
To recover from a setback or difficulty (figurative use).
転(ころ)んでも何度(なんど)でも起(お)き上(あ)がる。
No matter how many times I fall, I get back up.
[Note: Figurative use meaning to recover from setbacks]
I recovered from bankruptcy.
失敗(しっぱい)から起(お)き上(あ)がる力(ちから)。
The strength to bounce back from failure.
A company that recovered from the recession.
I was able to get back on my feet from hardship.
He came back like a tumbler doll.

起(お)き上(あ)がる is an intransitive verb (自動詞(じどうし)) meaning to get up or rise.

Etymology

ASPECT (ている):
起(お)き上(あ)がっている indicates a state of being up (having risen).

Common patterns

Related words

  • 起(お)き上(あ)がりこぼし: a roly-poly toy (tumbler doll that always rights itself)

Similar words

  • 起(お)きる: to wake up, to get out of bed (the general word)
  • 起(お)き上(あ)がる: to raise the body from lying or fallen to sitting or upright; the focus is the physical motion
  • 立(た)ち上(あ)がる: to stand up, to get to one's feet. A patient who 起(お)き上(あ)がる may still be sitting in bed.