訪れる

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: The ichidan verb 訪れる (おとずれる) means a person visiting a place or a season or time arriving.
• Basic usage: A visitor takes a place as the object, while an arriving season becomes the subject in 季節が訪れる.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• A person's visit and a season's arrival
  • The subject distinguishes a person visiting a destination from a time or season arriving.