訪(おとず)れる

おとずれる
ichidan verb
to visit; to call on; to arrive (of a season, opportunity)
1. to visit; to call on
To go to see a person or place.
京都(きょうと)を訪(おとず)れた。
I visited Kyoto.
2. to arrive; to come (of seasons, opportunities, events)
For abstract things like seasons, opportunities, or changes to come or arrive.
春(はる)が訪(おとず)れた。
Spring has arrived.
ついにチャンスが訪(おとず)れた。
Finally, an opportunity came.

VERB TYPE:
他動詞(たどうし) (transitive) for visiting places/people
自動詞(じどうし) (intransitive) for seasons/events arriving

Ichidan verb (一段動詞(いちだんどうし)/下一段(しもいちだん))

CONJUGATION:

  • 訪(おとず)れない (negative)
  • 訪(おとず)れて (te-form)
  • 訪(おとず)れた (past)

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 訪(たず)ねる - to visit (also read たずねる)
  • 訪問(ほうもん)する - to visit (formal)
  • 来(く)る - to come (general)

NUANCE:
More literary and elegant than 訪(たず)ねる. Often used for the poetic sense of seasons or changes arriving.

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Added 2026.1.20 23:05 · Revised 2026.2.19 21:32
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