起こる
Kana: おこる
to happen
Example sentence
事故が起こることもあります。
じこがおこることもあります。
Accidents can happen too.
What 起こる means
起こる (おこる) is a Japanese word meaning “to happen”. It belongs to the Actions & Verbs topic and appears at Level 2, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Japanese.