起こす

Meaning

1. v5svt
   to raise; to raise up; to set up; to pick up
2. v5svt
   to wake; to wake up; to waken; to awaken
3. v5svt
   to cause; to bring about; to lead to; to trigger; to give rise to; to create; to generate (e.g. heat, electricity); to produce
4. v5svt
   to start; to begin; to launch; to establish; to found; to set up; to open
5. v5svt
   to plough; to plow; to till
6. v5svt
   to fall ill with
7. v5svt
   to transcribe; to write down (what is spoken)
8. v5svt
   to turn over (a card)

Example sentences

• 最近寝てるときにこむらがえりを起こします。

  Recently I get leg cramps when I sleep.

• 子宮内膜炎は、細菌が子宮内に入り、内膜に炎症を起す病気である。

  Endometritis is a disease where bacteria enter the uterus and cause inflammation of the inner membrane.

• 熱が出るとひきつけを起こすことがあります。

  Convulsions can occur when they run a fever.