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起床
A compound noun used with します to mean to get up. The two characters mean rise and bed. Use 起床 when writing about a schedule and 起きます when simply telling someone what time you woke.
Examples in context
毎朝六時に起床します
I get up at six every morning.
今日は起床が遅かったです
I got up late today.
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