起こります（おこります、okorimasu）
- to happen

The Japanese word 起こります 起こります primarily means "to happen," "to occur," "to take place," or "to arise." It describes an event, situation, or phenomenon that comes into existence or unfolds. It often implies something that happens spontaneously or without a specific agent. It can also imply something negative, such as a problem or accident. It is an intransitive verb, meaning it doesn't take a direct object. The core meaning revolves around something coming into existence or taking place, regardless of whether it's planned or desired.

⚫︎ 地震が起こりました。 Translation: An earthquake happened. ⚫︎ 問題が起こるかもしれません。 Translation: A problem might occur. ⚫︎ 事故が起こります Translation: An accident will happen.

⚫︎ Use 起こります when you want to describe the occurrence of an event or situation. ⚫︎ It is frequently used to discuss natural events, problems, accidents, or any situation that comes about. ⚫︎ It's appropriate in both formal and informal contexts. ⚫︎ The tense of 起こります changes to reflect when the event happens, like in the past (起こりました) or future (起こるでしょう).

⚫︎ The base form is 起こる (okoru), which is written in kanji 起こる or hiragana おこる. ⚫︎ The polite form is 起こります 起こります (okorimasu), written as 起こります or おこります. ⚫︎ The word always includes the hiragana suffix: ります. ⚫︎ The okurigana is standard, with no major variations.

⚫︎ 発生します (hassei shimasu) - to occur; to arise (more formal) ⚫︎ 生じます (shoujimasu) - to arise; to occur (formal, similar to 発生します) ⚫︎ 起きます (okimasu) - to happen, to occur (more casual than 起こります in some contexts, but can be used interchangeably)

There aren't direct antonyms because the word describes an event happening. However, you could consider words related to preventing or stopping events: ⚫︎ 防ぎます (fusegimasu) - to prevent, to defend against ⚫︎ 止めます (tomemasu) - to stop, to cease

急な事件が起こりました。 ・Translation: A sudden incident happened. ・Explanation: This sentence describes the occurrence of a sudden event (incident). The tense indicates the event already happened.

将来、大きな変化が起こるかもしれません。 ・Translation: In the future, big changes might happen. ・Explanation: This sentence expresses the possibility of significant changes happening in the future. 起こる is used in its dictionary form to express future possibility.

The verb 起こる is composed of the verb 起（お）こす (okosu) meaning "to wake up," "to rouse," or "to cause," and the intransitive suffix "-る" (-ru). Over time the meaning shifted to describing events. The kanji 起 originally represents "to rise" or "to get up."