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In Japanese, “wakeda” has various meanings. It is difficult to use the word right without understanding its meanings enough. Foreign learners of Japanese thus misuse the word often. It is no exception with Korean learners of Japanese, who misuse “wakeda” a lot, which indicates that “wakeda” is in a difficult form for Korean learners to use. Text authors need to understand the semantic uses of “wakeda” right first and offer basic example sentences for its four different semantic uses based on their understanding so that learners can understand the meanings of “wakeda” right. The current Japanese texts used in high schools and colleges, however, provide no content that is satisfying both in quantity and quality. This study proposes that future Japanese texts should define the meanings of “wakeda” as follows and provide easy and balanced learning methods based on their typical examples: