Common word› JLPT N4 › Freq. Frequency Top 2,000 Conjugation 起こる · godan verb (-ru)
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 起お こる 起お こらない Polite 起お こります 起お こりません Past polite 起お こりました 起お こりませんでした Past 起お こった 起お こらなかった Te-form 起お こって 起お こらないで Desire 起お こりたい 起お こりたくない Potential 起お これる 起お これない Passive 起お こられる 起お こられない Causative 起お こらせる 起お こらせない Causative passive 起お こらせられる also 起お こらされる 起お こらせられない also 起お こらされない Volitional 起お ころう Polite volitional 起お こりましょう Imperative 起お これ 起お こるな Conditional 起お これば 起お こらなければ Tara conditional 起お こったら 起お こらなかったら
Pairs with 起こす › Usage patterns 事じ 件けん が 起お こる an incident occurs
A murder occurred near here last night.
〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 で 〈 事こと 〉 が 起お こる something happens in a place
A civil war broke out in that country.
変へん 化か が 起お こる a change occurs
Big changes are taking place in society.
〈 事こと 〉 が 起お こるかもしれない something might happen
Something unexpected might happen from here on.
Expressions 事こと の 起お こり how it came about; the origin of the matter 起お こり 得う る can occur; possible to happen Transitive / intransitive Related words· 6 起こる is used only for events/situations arising, while 起きる can mean the same thing but is also the everyday verb for waking up or getting out of bed.
発生する is a more formal or technical word for something occurring or being generated, while 起こる is the everyday, broader term.
起こる is the everyday verb for 'to happen', whereas 出来する (from 出来 ) sounds stiff and literary.
起こる is the everyday, casual word for something happening, whereas 生じる is more formal and stresses a result coming into existence.
Show 2 more Show fewer 起こる emphasizes an event or problem actually occurring, while ある is broader and covers even scheduled events like 会議がある .
起こる means an event happens or occurs, similar to the intransitive sense of 生ずる , but 起こる is casual and used for ordinary incidents while 生ずる is formal and often abstract.
Word family origin; source; cause; beginning
well up; burst forth; arise
arise; break out; well up; burst
Written forms 起お こる Usage 84%
Standard common spelling for the intransitive verb meaning that an event happens or arises.
おこる Usage 10%
起おこ る Usage 6%
Attested okurigana variant; less standard than 起こる in ordinary modern writing.
Etymology Written with 起 , a kanji conventionally associated with rising, starting, or bringing about. The historical derivation of the native verb おこる is not specified.
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