How to say "advent" in Japanese

• 出現しゅつげんCommon
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbCovers the advent of something new appearing on the scene — a new technology, phenomenon, or figure. The nuance is emergence: the moment something previously absent makes its appearance.
  そうした高層こうそうビルが出現しゅつげんする前まえは、町まちの全すべての建物たてものが相互そうごに特別とくべつな関係かんけいを持もって建たっていたのである。↗

  Before the arrival of this skyscraper, all the buildings in the city stood in special relationship to each other.
• 到来とうらいCommon
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbThe word for the grand, abstract advent — the coming of a new era, age, or long-awaited time. It treats the thing as arriving, like a momentous event finally reaching us.
  黒雲くろくもは雷雨らいうの到来とうらいを告つげていた。↗

  Black clouds announced the coming thunderstorm.
• 訪れおとずれCommon
  nounThe coming of seasons and other events that arrive in due course — the advent of spring, for example. It has a soft, evocative nuance, presenting the arrival as something that gently visits.
  今年ことしは春はるの訪おとずれが早はやかった。↗

  Spring has come early this year.
• 登場とうじょうJLPT N2approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbFits the advent of a new product, technology, or figure entering the scene — an arrival on the market or a debut. The nuance is a newcomer stepping into view.

Use 出現 for something new appearing on the scene, 到来 for the grand advent of an era or age, 「訪れ」 for the coming of seasons, and 登場 for the debut of products, people, or characters.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 出現しゅつげんappearance
• 到来とうらいarrival
• 降臨こうりんdescent (to earth, esp. of a god)
• アドベントAdvent
• 待降節たいこうせつAdvent
• 来臨らいりんattendance
• 訪れおとずれarrival (e.g. of spring)
• 登場とうじょうappearance (on the scene)