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出会う

JLPT N3 · Vocabulary

出会う — “to meet by chance, to come across”

出会う (read であう) means to meet by chance, to come across. It appears on the JLPT N3 vocabulary list and is a verb.

Reading

であう

Meaning

to meet by chance, to come across

出会う in a sentence

駅えきで先生せんせいに出会であう。

To run into one's teacher at the station.

The kanji in 出会う

出to go out, to come out
会to meet; meeting

Words that share a kanji with 出会う

出すだす— to take (something) out; to hand in (something)
出かけるでかける— to go out; to depart
出口でぐち— an exit
出るでる— to appear, to leave
思い出すおもいだす— to recall, to remember
出席するしゅっせきする— to attend, to be present
出発するしゅっぱつする— to depart, to set off
輸出するゆしゅつする— to export

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