JLPT N3 · Verb

起こる (okoru)

起こる (おこる, okoru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to occur; to happen”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
おこる
Romaji
okoru
Word class
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to occur; to happen · godan verb, intransitive

Example sentences

あとで起こったことはなお悪かった。
What followed was still worse.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 起こる

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary起こるおこる okoru
Polite (~masu)起こりますおこります okorimasu
Negative起こらないおこらない okoranai
Polite negative起こりませんおこりません okorimasen
Past起こったおこった okotta
Polite past起こりましたおこりました okorimashita
Negative past起こらなかったおこらなかった okoranakatta
Te-form起こっておこって okotte
Potential起これるおこれる okoreru
Passive起こられるおこられる okorareru
Causative起こらせるおこらせる okoraseru
Volitional起ころうおころう okorou
Imperative起これおこれ okore
Conditional (~ba)起こればおこれば okoreba

Kanji in 起こる

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 起こる.

Source: JMdict entry 1223680 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.