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    3. 目覚める

    目覚める

    目め覚ざめ​る​

    to wake up

    N1KMT9News #33+1CoreVerb, IntransitiveDaily LifeKanji Vocab20 strokes

    目醒める目ざめる

    めざめる

    Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    to wake up, to awake
    2.
    to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.), to become aware of, to become conscious of, to realize
    3.
    to come to one's senses

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    毎まい朝あさ、鳥とりの声こえで目め覚ざめます。

    I wake up to the sound of birds every morning.

    KMT7Daily Life
    週しゅう末まつは遅おそくまで寝ねていて、自し然ぜんに目め覚ざめるのが好すきだ。

    On weekends, I like to sleep in late and wake up naturally.

    KMT8Daily Life
    彼かれは自じ分ぶんの才さい能のうに目め覚ざめ、画が家かを志こころざした。

    He awoke to his own talent and aspired to become a painter.

    KMT9Emotions & Psychology
    危き機きに直ちょく面めんして、人ひと々びとは環かん境きょう問もん題だいの深しん刻こくさに目め覚ざめ始はじめた。

    Facing the crisis, people began to awaken to the seriousness of environmental issues.

    KMT9Nature & EnvironmentEmotions & Psychology
    読どく書しょを通とおして、社しゃ会かいの不ふ公こう平へいさに目め覚ざめる若わか者ものが増ふえている。

    Through reading, more young people are becoming aware of social injustice.

    KMT9EducationEmotions & Psychology

    Characters that make up this word

    目
    め・-め・ま-…(6)
    eye・class・look・insight・experience…(2)
    Kanji
    覚
    おぼ.える・さ.ます・さ.める・さと.る…(1)
    memorize・learn・remember・awake・sober up
    Kanji
    め
    me
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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