Meaning of 気づく in Japanese

Definition of 気づく

きづく(kizuku) 【気付く ·気づく】

(v5k) to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize; to realise
彼は危険に気づいていなかった。
He was unaware of the danger.

かっきづく(kakkizuku) 【活気付く ·活気づく】

(v5k, vi) to become animated; to liven up; to become active
彼が現れるとパーティーは活気づいた。
His appearance animated the party.

さんけづく(sankezuku) 【産気付く ·産気づく】

おじけづく(ojikezuku) · おじけつく(ojiketsuku) 【怖気づく ·怖じ気づく ·怖気付く ·怖じ気付く】

(v5k, vi) to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to be frightened; to get cold feet; to have the wind up

しょうきづく(shoukizuku) 【正気づく ·正気付く】

(v5k) to become conscious; to recover one's senses
その旅人は空腹のために気を失ったが、すぐに正気づいた。
The traveler fainted from hunger, but soon he came to.

彼女かのじょは後であとで私のわたし真意しんいに気づくでしょう。

She may realize later on what I meant.

He could not perceive any difference between the twins.

He was too busy to notice it.

No one noticed the Little House any more.

従来の常識じょうしきを覆すくつがえす発明はつめいというのは、普通ふつうとは違うちがう現象げんしょうに気づく能力のうりょくと関係かんけいがある。

Innovation has something to do with the faculty to notice unusual phenomena.

Students often find it very difficult to understand a lecture in a foreign language.