to stand up
→
to happen
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Japanese | |
| Lexeme | okiru (起きる) | |
| Meaning 1 | to stand up, to rise | 私は朝の４時半ごろにそわそわし出したが、６時まで起きなかった。 I began to stir about 4:30 in the morning but I didn't get up until 6:00. |
| Meaning 2 | to happen | ２、３日おきに電話して、そうすればもしなにか起きても連絡が保てるから。 Call me every few days, and in that way we can keep in touch if something happens. |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | The problem is distinguishing "get up" and "wake up" in meaning A. The old meaning of "get up" has apparently nearly disappeared in modern Japanese. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | English | |
| Lexeme 1 | rise | |
| Lexeme 2 | arise | |
| Meaning 1 | to stand up | Smoke rose from the chimney. |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to happen | A crisis has arisen in the Foreign Office. |
| Reference | LDOCE | |
| Comment | The verb arise also has a literary meaning 'to get out of bed, or stand up'. | |