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表層形
起きがけ
オキガケ
名詞

起きがけ (オキガケ)

Okigake · おきがけ — first thing after rising

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起きがけ in rōmaji: okigake.

名詞 普通名詞 一般 *
📝 起き掛け 🔤 * 📐 *
Updated: 2026年8月11日
📖 Grammar Information
表層形 (Surface)
起きがけ
見出し語 (Lemma)
起き掛け
読み (Reading)
オキガケ
品詞 (POS)
名詞・普通名詞・一般・*
活用型 (Conj. Type)
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活用形 (Conj. Form)
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表記 (Orthography)
起きがけ
読み・基本形
オキガケ
表記・基本形
起きがけ
見出し語の読み
オキガケ
💡 English Meaning

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The surface form (起きがけ) is the exact text as it appeared in the corpus — it may be conjugated or inflected. The lemma (起き掛け) is the dictionary base form. For example, 食べた (surface) has the lemma 食べる.
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