起つ

Meaning

1. v5tvi
   to take action; to act; to rise (up); to rouse oneself

Example sentences

• 三人がつづいて横町へはいると、路ばたの大きい椎の木のこずえから、鴉らしい一羽の鳥がおどろかされたように飛び起った。

  As the three men entered the alley, a bird resembling a crow flew from the top of a large beech tree as if it had been frightened.