• 起立きりつ

  standing up

• 起工きこう

  setting to work

• 起債きさい

  issuing of bonds

• 起訴きそ

  prosecution, indictment

• 起点きてん

  starting point, origin

• 起源きげん

  origin, beginning, source

• 起草きそう

  drafting (e.g. a bill), drawing up

• 起伏きふく

  undulation

• 起爆きばく

  ignition, detonation, triggering, explosion

• 起床きしょう

  rising (from one's bed), getting up, getting out of bed

• 起因きいん

  to be caused by, to result from, to arise from, to stem from, to be due to

• 起動きどう

  startup, booting up, activation, starting (e.g. engine, computer), launch

• 起用きよう

  appointment (to a position, job, etc.), being used for a role, promotion

• 決起けっき

  rising to action, standing up against, jumping to one's feet

• 提起ていき

  raising (a question), posing (a problem), bringing up (an issue), presenting

• 奮起ふんき

  stirring, rousing oneself

• 隆起りゅうき

  protuberance, bulge, protrusion, projection, swell

• 再起さいき

  comeback, recovery, restoration, rally

• 突起とっき

  protuberance, projection, prominence, protrusion, bump, boss, process, apophysis

• 躍起やっき

  desperate, frantic, excited, worked up, heated, eager

• 縁起えんぎ

  omen, sign of luck

• 勃起ぼっき

  erection (of the penis), becoming erect, stiffening

• 喚起かんき

  arousal, excitation, awakening, evocation

• 起こるおこる

  to occur, to happen

• 起きるおきる

  to get up, to rise, to blaze up (fire)

• 起こすおこす

  to raise, to raise up, to set up, to pick up

• 早起きはやおき

  early rising

• 発起人ほっきにん

  originator, promoter

• 再起動さいきどう

  restart, reboot

• 不起訴ふきそ

  nonprosecution, nonindictment

• 起訴猶予きそゆうよ

  suspension of indictment, leaving charge on the file

• 起死回生きしかいせい

  revival from the brink of death, recovering from a hopeless situation, resuscitation, revitalization

• 起き上がるおきあがる

  to rise, to get up, to stand up, to sit up

• 思い起こすおもいおこす

  to recall, to remember

• 引き起こすひきおこす

  to cause, to induce, to bring about, to provoke

• 起き上がりこぼしおきあがりこぼし

  tumbler, self-righting doll

• 起請きしょう

  vow

• 起りむくり

  camber

• 起亜キア

  Kia (car company)

• 起毛きもう

  nap raising

• 起始きし

  start, beginning

• 起家チーチャ

  first dealer

• 起結きけつ

  beginning and end

• 起首きしゅ

  start, beginning, origin

• 起稿きこう

  beginning writing (a draft), drafting

• 起電きでん

  generation of electricity

• 起句きく

  opening line, opening line of a (Chinese) poem

• 起死きし

  saving from the brink of death

• 起つたつ

  to take action, to act, to rise (up), to rouse oneself

• 起案きあん

  drafting (a plan, contract, etc.), drawing up