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覚める is an exact match with one form of the following word:
覚める
BOOST
Reading : さめる   
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to wake; to wake up
2. to become sober; to sober up; to regain consciousness (e.g. after anaesthesia)
3. to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 5 (among the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese)
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覚める is the most useful form. 2 additional forms are shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is used about 80% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 70,000 (about 4,670,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N3 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 1526 (see iKnow! collections)
• Routledge most useful 5000 words rank: 3615
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 41 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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Example sentences:
けが
にん
ますい
麻酔
から
めた
あと
いた
さけ
んだ

The injured person wailed with pain after coming out of anesthesia.
めたら
よる
ける
ところだった
When I woke up, the day was breaking.
かれ
めた
とき
ひるま
昼間
だった
When he awoke it was day.
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さめる
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 143,000 (about 616,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 41 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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醒める
BOOST
Reading : さめる   
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• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 179,000 (about 403,000 results)
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カク   おぼえる to remember   さめる to awake   さます to rouse, awaken   
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ケン   み to see   みえる to be seen; to appear   みせる to show   
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ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
legs
classroom
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small
cover; covered   
セイ   wake up
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sake flask   とり sign of the bird   
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西
セイ   サイ   にし west   
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
セイ   ショウ   ほし star   
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セイ   ショウ    life   なま raw   いかす to enliven   いきる to live   いける to arrange flowers   うまれる to be born   う to give birth to   き pure, undiluted   お to grow, to sprout   はえる to grow, to sprout   はやす to grow, cultivate   
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
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