The Database of Semantic Shifts in the languages of the world

ID	Relation type	Meaning 1	Direction	Meaning 2

ACCEPTED Realization 1
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'.

ACCEPTED Realization 2
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.