起こる
N3おこる okoru
- to occur
- to happen
godan verbintransitive
Chinese meanings
发生
Examples
- あとで起こったことはなお悪かった。What followed was still worse.后来发生的事更加糟糕。
- 彼は何が起こるのかと心配だった。He was afraid about what was going to happen.他担心会发生什么。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('45aa3b4b69'); // 起こる
{
"id": "45aa3b4b69",
"word": "起こる",
"reading": "おこる",
"romaji": "okoru",
"meanings": [
"to occur",
"to happen"
],
"level": "N3",
"pos": [
"v5r",
"vi"
],
"jmdict_id": 1223680,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "あとで起こったことはなお悪かった。",
"furigana": "あとで{起|お}こったことはなお{悪|わる}かった。",
"en": "What followed was still worse.",
"tatoeba_id": 234309
},
{
"ja": "彼は何が起こるのかと心配だった。",
"furigana": "{彼|かれ}は{何|なに}が{起|お}こるのかと{心配|しんぱい}だった。",
"en": "He was afraid about what was going to happen.",
"tatoeba_id": 109455
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "d3741e6a1837c5dd721098437df9ea23569c484970f72454d7a40f383067d471",
"meanings": [
"发生"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "あとで起こったことはなお悪かった。",
"zh": "后来发生的事更加糟糕。"
},
{
"ja": "彼は何が起こるのかと心配だった。",
"zh": "他担心会发生什么。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n3/45aa3b4b69",
"JMdict ent_seq 1223680; local JMdict_e.gz",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "42235e9421c819386edb12976df99ec0bf5fe40804c447dbeed854164b997f88"
}
}