- 1. [v5u, vi] to meet; to encounter; to see — 逢う is often used for close friends, etc. and may be associated with drama or pathos; 遭う may have an undesirable nuance
- 2. [v5u, vi] to have an accident; to have a bad experience — esp. 遭う when in kanji (uk)
Kanji in this word
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会
meeting, meet, party, association, interview, joinOn: カイ (kai)、 エ (e)Kun: あ.う (a.u)、 あ.わせる (a.waseru)、 あつ.まる (atsu.maru)
Example Sentences
前に彼にあったのを覚えている。
mae ni kare niattanowo oboe teiru .
I remember seeing him before.
駅へ行く途中でにわか雨に遭った。
eki he iku tochuu deniwaka ame ni atsu ta .
I was caught in a shower on my way to the station.