生せい起き

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い

き

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Meanings

1

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

occurrence; happening; taking place

Formal or written term for an event or phenomenon occurring. Often used in academic, technical, or news contexts.

この現げん象しょうは特とく定ていの条じょう件けん下かでのみ生せい起きする。
This phenomenon occurs only under specific conditions.

事じ

故こ

の

生せい

起き

を

未み

然ぜん

に

防ふせ

ぐ

対たい

策さく

が

必ひつ

要よう

だ

。

Measures to prevent the occurrence of accidents are necessary.

Kanji

生life, genuine, birth
起rouse, wake up, get up

Similar words

発はっ生せい
発生 is more common and general for 'occurrence' or 'outbreak', while 生起 is more formal and often used in written or academic contexts.
起おこる
起こる is the everyday verb for 'to happen', whereas 生起する is a formal, noun-based alternative.

Etymology

Compound of 生 (sei, 'life; arise') and 起 (ki, 'rise; occur'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination conveys the idea of something arising or coming into being.