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訪れる · ichidan verb

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	訪おとずれる	訪おとずれない
Polite	訪おとずれます	訪おとずれません
Past polite	訪おとずれました	訪おとずれませんでした
Past	訪おとずれた	訪おとずれなかった
Te-form	訪おとずれて	訪おとずれないで
Desire	訪おとずれたい	訪おとずれたくない
Potential	訪おとずれられるalso 訪おとずれれる	訪おとずれられないalso 訪おとずれれない
Passive	訪おとずれられる	訪おとずれられない
Causative	訪おとずれさせる	訪おとずれさせない
Causative passive	訪おとずれさせられる	訪おとずれさせられない
Volitional	訪おとずれよう
Polite volitional	訪おとずれましょう
Imperative	訪おとずれろ	訪おとずれるな
Conditional	訪おとずれれば	訪おとずれなければ
Tara conditional	訪おとずれたら	訪おとずれなかったら

Meanings

ichidan verb, transitive verb

visit; call on

Transitive use for visiting a person, place, or institution. Slightly formal; 行く is more casual for everyday errands.

来らい月げつ、京きょう都との友ゆう人じんを訪おとずれる予よ定ていです。
I plan to visit a friend in Kyoto next month.
多おおくの観かん光こう客きゃくがこの寺てらを訪おとずれる。
Many tourists visit this temple.

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

arrive (of a season, situation, etc.); come; appear

Intransitive use for abstract arrivals: seasons, opportunities, crises, or changes. The subject is the thing that comes, not the person going.

街まちに春はるが訪おとずれた。
Spring has arrived in the town.
ついにチャンスが訪おとずれた。
Finally, an opportunity came.

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Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉を訪おとずれるto visit a place
毎まい年とし多おおくの観かん光こう客きゃくがこの町まちを訪おとずれる。
Many tourists visit this town every year.
〈季き節せつ〉が訪おとずれるfor a season to arrive
長ながい冬ふゆが終おわり、ようやく春はるが訪おとずれた。
The long winter finally ended and spring arrived.
〈人ひと〉のもとを訪おとずれるto go and visit someone (at their side/place)
彼かれは久ひさしぶりに恩おん師しのもとを訪おとずれた。
He visited his old teacher for the first time in a while.
〈事こと〉が訪おとずれるfor an abstract event or chance to come
人じん生せいには思おもいがけない転てん機きが訪おとずれることがある。
In life, unexpected turning points sometimes come.

Expressions

病びょう院いんを訪おとずれるvisit someone in hospital

Kanji

訪call on, visit, look up

Transitive / intransitive

訪れる is used both transitively, meaning to visit a place or person (例: 京都を訪れる, 'to visit Kyoto'), and intransitively, meaning for something abstract to arrive (例: 秋が訪れる, 'autumn arrives').

Related words· 12

訪たずねるN4sense 1
訪ねる is the everyday word for visiting a person or place, while 訪れる is more formal or literary, often used for notable places or in narrative writing.
到とう来らいN1sense 2
到来する is a stiff, formal word for the arrival of an era, season, or opportunity, close to 訪れる's intransitive sense but more bureaucratic in tone.
訪ほう問もんN4sense 1
訪問する is a formal, businesslike term for making an official call, whereas 訪れる can describe both personal and literary visits.
来くるN5sense 2
来る is the plain, everyday word for 'come', while 訪れる in its intransitive sense is reserved for abstract things like seasons or chances arriving.

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行いくN5sense 1
行く is the casual, general word for 'go', while 訪れる carries a sense of deliberate purpose, often for formal or meaningful visits.
襲おそうN2
訪れる is a neutral word for visiting or arriving, while 襲う implies the visit is sudden, unannounced, and somewhat forceful.
立たち寄よるN1
訪れる is a more formal word for visiting a place with purpose, whereas 立ち寄る suggests an informal, quick stop along the way.
やってくるN1
訪れる is more formal and often used for visiting a place or for abstract things like seasons arriving, whereas やって来る is casual and used in everyday speech.
足あしを運はこぶN2
訪れる is a more formal, literary verb for visiting a place, whereas 足を運ぶ is a common idiomatic phrase used in everyday conversation.
踏ふむN4
訪れる is the common word for visiting a place, while 踏む emphasizes the physical act of setting foot there, often with a sense of significance, as in 異国の土を踏む.
出で向むくN1
訪れる focuses on the act of visiting a place or person, while 出向く emphasizes the deliberate movement to a destination for a task.
顔かおを出だすN2
訪れる is a more formal word for visiting a place or person, while 顔を出す conveys a casual, often brief drop-in.

Word family

訪おとずれ
visit; call · arrival; coming; advent; appearance · news; tidings; word

Written forms

訪おとずれるUsage97%
Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency word in news and everyday use.
おとずれるUsage3%

Etymology

Compound of 音 (oto, 'sound') + 連れる (tsureru, 'to bring along'), originally meaning 'to bring news' or 'to make one's presence known by sound'. The modern meaning 'to visit' developed from the idea of announcing one's arrival.