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JLPT N3verbLevel estimated by Bebop

起おこる

okoru

to happen, to occur

Example sentences

  1. 突然爆発とつぜんばくはつが起おこった。

    All at once there was an explosion.

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  2. すべて突然とつぜん起おこった。

    Everything happened all at once.

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  3. 何なにが起おこったの？

    What happened?

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Kanji in 起

  • 起rouse; wake upOnキKunおきる・おこる・おこす

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