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Results for: "happen"

Translating from English to Japanese

Translations:

happen — to occur
→ 起こる (okoru)
→ 起る (okoru)

More translations:

happen
→ 起こる
happen
→ たまたま～する

English definitions WordNet

VERB 5

  1. come to pass

    • “What is happening?”
    • “The meeting took place off without an incidence”
    • “Nothing occurred that seemed important”
    Synonymshapgo onpass offoccurpassfall outcome abouttake place

  2. happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance; (Santayana)

    • “It happens that today is my birthday”
    • “These things befell"”
    Synonymsbefallbechance

  3. chance to be or do something, without intention or causation

    • “I happen to have just what you need!”
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  1. come into being; become reality

    • “Her dream really materialized”
    Synonymsmaterializematerialise

  2. come upon, as if by accident; meet with

    • “We find this idea in Plato”
    • “I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here”
    • “She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day”
    Synonymsfindchancebumpencounter