覚める

さめる · sameru · JLPT N3 · verb-ichidan

to wake

⏰ sameru: the SAME RUde alarm wakes you every morning

Sound-alike: sa-me-ru ≈ same ru(de alarm). The kanji 覚 also appears in 覚える (to remember) and carries the sense of becoming aware, so waking up is literally coming to awareness.

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