目覚まし (めざまし)alarm clock; waking up; keeping oneself awake

alarm clocknoun (common) (futsuumeishi)
waking up; keeping oneself awakenoun (common) (futsuumeishi)
type of candy given to a child after it wakes up from a napnoun (common) (futsuumeishi)

目覚まし, its kanji, and other words that share them.Open this graph

Kanji in 目覚まし

目標もくひょうgoal; target
目的もくてきpurpose; goal
注目ちゅうもくnotice; attention
項目こうもくitem; heading
名目めいもくname; title
目玉めだまeyeball
種目しゅもくitem; event
目の前めのまえbefore one's eyes; in front of one
感覚かんかくsense; sensation
覚悟かくごreadiness; preparedness
覚せい剤かくせいざいstimulant (e.g. psychoactive drugs like methamphetamine, ritalin, etc.)
自覚じかくself-consciousness; self-awareness
視覚しかくsense of sight; vision
発覚はっかくdetection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery
覚書おぼえがきmemo; memorandum
味覚みかくtaste; palate

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