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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

起おこる

N3
おこる okoru
  1. to occur
  2. to happen
godan verbintransitive

Chinese meanings

发生

Examples

  • あとで起おこったことはなお悪わるかった。
    What followed was still worse.
    后来发生的事更加糟糕。
  • 彼かれは何なにが起おこるのかと心しん配ぱいだった。
    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"
  }
}