目を覚ます
Reading: めをさます
Meaning: to wake up; to become aware
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Example Sentence
朝 に 目を覚ます と 雨 が 降って いた
When I woke up in the morning, it was raining.
Usage Notes
Literally means 'to open one's eyes' but also used figuratively to mean becoming aware of something.
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