覚ます (さます): to awaken — Japanese vocabulary
覚ます is read さます and means "to awaken". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.
覚ます
- Reading
- さます · samasu
- Translation
- to awaken
- Level
- JLPT N3
- Pitch accent
- さますが
Example
酔いを覚ますために散歩に出かけた。
よいをさますためにさんぽにでかけた。
I went for a walk to try to sober up.
Kanji in this word
- 覚 — memorize, awake
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