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起こる (おこる) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Common word JLPT N4 Freq. Frequency Top 2,000 Conjugation Meanings 1
godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb
happen ; occur ; arise
Intransitive verb used when an event, incident, problem, change, or phenomenon comes about. The thing that happens is typically marked with が; the transitive counterpart is 起こす.
題だい
が
起お
こっ
たら
、
すぐ
に
連れん
絡らく
し
て
ください
。
If a problem arises, please contact me right away.
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.
Similar words 起お きる Can also mean that something happens, but it is also the everyday verb for waking up or getting up; 起こる focuses on an event or situation arising.
発はっ 生せい する More formal or technical for an occurrence, outbreak, or generation of something; 起こる is broader and more everyday.
起お こす Transitive counterpart meaning to cause, start, raise, or wake someone; 起こる is intransitive, meaning that something happens by itself.
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.
