会う – vocab dash

会あう

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Meanings

Godan verb

Intransitive verb

1. 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. to have an accident; to have a bad experience (Usually kana, esp. 遭う when in kanji)

Other spellings

逢あう遭あう

Kanji used

会meeting

Kanji in other spellings

逢meet face-to-face 遭encounter a difficulty

Pitch accent

あう

Used in vocabulary

会あう約やく束そく

appointment; rendezvous; date

Noun

Examples1608

前まえに彼かれにあったのを覚おぼえている。

I remember seeing him before.

駅えきへ行いく途と中ちゅうでにわか雨あめに遭あった。

I was caught in a shower on my way to the station.

その時ときに会あいましょう。

See you then.

１時じに会あいましょう。

Let's meet at one o'clock.

もうスミスさんに会あわれましたね。

You've met Mr. Smith already, haven't you?

またお会あいできると思おもいます。

I trust that I can see you again.