訪れる|おとずれるotozureru[3]nakadaka (mid-high)
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Definitions
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto visit; to call on
- ichidan verb, intransitive verbto arrive (of a season, situation, etc.); to come; to appear
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 訪れる（おとずれる） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 訪れます（おとずれます） |
| Negative (nai) | 訪れない（おとずれない） |
| polite (masen) | 訪れません（おとずれません） |
| classical zu / nu | 訪れず・訪れぬ（おとずれず・おとずれぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 訪れた（おとずれた） |
| polite (mashita) | 訪れました（おとずれました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 訪れなかった（おとずれなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 訪れませんでした（おとずれませんでした） |
| Te form | 訪れて（おとずれて） |
| Potential | 訪れられる（おとずれられる） |
| Passive | 訪れられる（おとずれられる） |
| Causative | 訪れさせる（おとずれさせる） |
| Causative passive | 訪れさせられる（おとずれさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 訪れれば（おとずれれば） |
| tara | 訪れたら（おとずれたら） |
| Volitional | 訪れよう（おとずれよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 訪れましょう（おとずれましょう） |
| Imperative | 訪れろ（おとずれろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym訪ねるたずねるNeutralDeliberately goes to see a person or place, as in 「友人を訪ねる」; it stresses purposeful visits, while 「訪れる」 also covers the arrival of seasons and times.
- SynonymやってくるCasualColloquial. Means to come or arrive, as in 「春がやって来る」; it suits casual narration of something coming.
- SynonymまいるFormalHumble language for going, coming, or visiting in worship, as in 「お墓に参る」; it leans honorific.
- Synonym訪問ほうもんNeutralMeans a visit, as in 「家庭訪問」「公式訪問」; it leans toward formal, official visits.
- Related到来とうらいWrittenWritten/formal prose. Refers to the arrival of an era or time, as in 「新時代の到来」; it favors abstract things coming, not visits.
- Related到着とうちゃくNeutralMeans arriving at a destination, as in 「駅に到着する」; it leans toward transport arrivals rather than visits.
- Related寄るよるCasualColloquial. Means dropping in somewhere along the way, as in 「帰りに寄る」; the visit is a stop en route to somewhere else.
- Relatedたどり着くたどりつくNeutralMeans arriving somewhere only after hardship, finally managing to get there, as in 「頂上にたどり着く」.
- Related着くつくNeutralSimply means to arrive, as in 「家に着く」; the most common word, focused on the arrival itself.
- Related行き着くいきつくNeutralMeans finally reaching a destination or arriving at a result, as in 「結論に行き着く」.
- Antonym去るさるNeutralMeans to leave, the opposite of 「訪れる」 as coming or visiting, as in 「故郷を去る」.
- Antonym立ち去るたちさるNeutralMeans to leave a place or walk away, the reverse direction from visiting with 「訪れる」.
Use 「訪れる」 for visiting a place or for the arrival of a season or time, as in 「京都を訪れる」 and 「春が訪れる」. To visit a person, say 「訪ねる」; for a formal visit, 「訪問」; for the advent of an era, 「到来」. The opposite is 「去る」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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