訪(おとず)れ

おとずれ
noun
visit; arrival; advent
literary
1. visit; call
The act of visiting a person or place.
突然(とつぜん)の訪(おとず)れに驚(おどろ)いた。
I was surprised by the sudden visit.
友人(ゆうじん)の訪(おとず)れを心待(こころま)ちにしている。
I am eagerly awaiting my friend's visit.
遠方(えんぽう)からの訪(おとず)れに感謝(かんしゃ)して、心(こころ)を込(こ)めてもてなした。
Grateful for the visit from afar, I entertained them wholeheartedly.
2. arrival; advent; coming
The arrival or onset of a season, event, or abstract concept such as peace or change.
春(はる)の訪(おとず)れを感(かん)じる。
To feel the arrival of spring.
平和(へいわ)の訪(おとず)れを願(ねが)う。
To wish for the coming of peace.
長(なが)い冬(ふゆ)がようやく終(お)わり、待(ま)ちに待(ま)った春(はる)の訪(おとず)れに街全体(まちぜんたい)が活気(かっき)づいた。
The long winter finally ended, and the long-awaited arrival of spring brought the whole town to life.

訪(おとず)れ is the noun form of the verb 訪(おとず)れる (to visit). It has a literary and elegant quality.

Common collocations

The figurative sense (sense 2) is especially common in literary and poetic writing, where seasons, peace, or other abstract concepts are described as "visiting" or "arriving."

Related Words

Related: 訪(おとず)れる (to visit (verb form))
Compare: 到来(とうらい) (arrival)
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