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出会う (であう): to meet by chance, to come across, to happen to encounter — Japanese vocabulary

出会う is read であう and means "to meet by chance, to come across, to happen to encounter". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

出会う

Reading
であう · deau
Translation
to meet by chance, to come across, to happen to encounter
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
であうが

Example

私はほとんど毎日その犬に出会う。

わたしはほとんどまいにちそのいぬにであう。

I see the dog almost every day.

Kanji in this word

  • 出 — exit, leave
  • 会 — meeting, meet

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