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訪れる
Meaning in Englishto visit
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What it means
訪れる means to go to a place or person, usually to meet or observe them, and can also describe arriving at a destination.
Main meanings
- Visiting a person or place; calling on someone
- Going to a place for a purpose (sightseeing, inquiry, inspection)
- Arriving at or reaching a destination
- Describing a travel narrative or event as a visit
How to use it
Used in everyday speech and formal writing to describe visiting a person or place; commonly paired with を to mark the visited location, and conjugates across tenses; in formal contexts, 訪問する may be preferred.
Variants and close terms
- 訪ねる (tazuneru) — to visit or call on, often a more personal or casual nuance
- 訪問する (hōmon suru) — to visit in a formal, official sense
- 来訪する (raihō suru) — to make a visit, often in formal announcements
- 伺う (ukagau) — humble form used when the speaker visits someone
Composition
- 訪: core meaning to visit or call on; conveys approaching a person/place with intention; the verb ending -れる marks it as a verb form
Etymology
Derived from the kun'yomi verb form combined with the -eru conjugation; the modern reading otozureru arises from historical phonetic changes typical of -eru verbs.
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verb (ichidan)
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