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起きる, おきる
Ichidan verb, Intransitive
1. to get up, to rise, to blaze up (fire)
2. to wake up, to be awake, to stay awake
3. to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents), to happen, to take place
6時ごろ起きた。
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Particle, See 乃, occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之
1. indicates possessive
2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
See が・1
3. substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases
often ん
4. (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion
Female term or language
5. (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis
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Particle, pronounced わ in modern Japanese
1. indicates sentence topic
2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
3. adds emphasis
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