How to say "arrive" in Japanese

• くるJLPT N5approx.Common
  kuru verb, intransitive verbThe general verb for coming to a place: a friend arrives at your door, a train comes in. Movement is toward the speaker or another reference point.
  １０時じまでに来きます。↗

  I'll come by 10.
• 際するさいするCommon
  suru verb (irregular), intransitive verbIts sense is an event or moment coming to pass, so it is seldom the word you want for the physical arrival of a person or thing.
• 入るはいるJLPT N5approx.Common
  godan verb, intransitive verbCovers 'arrive' when the arrival amounts to getting in or entering — a train entering a station, a ball getting into the goal. For plain arrival at a place, other words fit better.
  日本にっぽんの家いえに入はいるときには靴くつを脱ぬがなくてはなりません。↗

  You must remove your shoes when you enter a Japanese house.
• 乗り付けるのりつけるCommon
  ichidan verb, intransitive verbArrival by vehicle: a car draws up at the house, a friend arrives by bike. The vehicle pulls up right at the spot.
• 訪れるおとずれるJLPT N1approx.Common
  ichidan verb, intransitive verbFor the arrival of seasons, times, or situations rather than people: spring arrives, a crisis comes, the big day finally appears.

Choose 「くる」 for people or things coming to a place, 「入る」 when arrival means getting in, 「乗り付ける」 for arrival by car or bike, 「訪れる」 for seasons or situations arriving, and 「際する」 for events coming to pass.

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

• くるto come (spatially or temporally)
• 際するさいするto arrive
• 入るはいるto enter
• 乗り付けるのりつけるto arrive (by car, bike, etc.)
• 行き着くいきつくto arrive (at one's destination)
• アライブto arrive
• 着するちゃくするto arrive
• お見えになるおみえになるto arrive
• 手元に届くてもとにとどくto arrive (of a thing; to someone)
• かかるto come into view
• 訪れるおとずれるto arrive (of a season, situation, etc.)
• 届くとどくto be delivered
• 乗り込むのりこむto march into
• 来るきたるto come
• いくto reach (of information, instructions, wind, etc.)
• 降るふるto visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)