Word Meaning やけを起こす

やけをおこす yakeookosu

やけを起こす is read as やけをおこす (yakeookosu) and means to become desperate.

Meaning

English

to become desperate
to give way to despair

Reading

Kana

やけをおこす

Romaji

yakeookosu

Writing Variants

ヤケを起こす やけをおこす yakeookosu
自棄を起こす やけをおこす yake o okosu
焼けを起こす やけをおこす yakeookosu

Stroke Sequence

6 Characters • 23 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Proverb ✓ Rank 118552 Priority S

Related Vocabulary

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起こす

おこす

to fall ill with

思い起こす

おもいおこす

to recall

起き出す

おきだす

to get out of bed

事を起こす

ことをおこす

to cause trouble

体を起こす

からだをおこす

to rise

書き起す

かきおこす

to start writing

会社を起こす

かいしゃをおこす

to set up a company

切り起こす

きりおこす

to open up waste land for cultivation

引き起こす

ひきおこす

to pull upright

巻き起こす

まきおこす

to raise (a cloud of dust)

呼び起こす

よびおこす

to wake (someone) up (by calling for them)

掘り起こす

ほりおこす

to dig up