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(intransitive) To occur or take place. / (transitive, archaic) To happen to; to befall. / (intransitive or impersonal, with infinitive) To do or occur by chance or unexpectedly.

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Source Word

happen

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈhæpən/

Verb

intransitive archaic transitive impersonal with-infinitive followed by on or upon

(intransitive) To occur or take place. / (transitive, archaic) To happen to; to befall. / (intransitive or impersonal, with infinitive) To do or occur by chance or unexpectedly.

Japanese Meaning

起こる / 発生する / 偶然に起こる / （古語的表現で）～に降りかかる

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Strange coincidences often happen when I travel abroad.

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私が海外を旅するとき、不思議な偶然がよく起こる。

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Sense（1）

(intransitive) To occur or take place.

Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic who still resists the idea that something drastic needs to happen for him to turn his life around.

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Sense（2）

(transitive, archaic) To happen to; to befall.

'By my soul! I believe something bad has happened me,' he muttered, and popped up his window, and looked out, half dreaming over the church-yard on the park beyond […]

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