出くわす
N1でくわす dekuwasu
- to happen to meet
- to come across
godan verbintransitive
Chinese meanings
碰见
Examples
- 我々はニューヨークで彼らに出くわした。We came upon them in New York.我们在纽约遇到了他们。
- 私は彼女に町で偶然出くわした。I ran into her in the street.我在城里偶然遇到她。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('b3e5a1f6cc'); // 出くわす
{
"id": "b3e5a1f6cc",
"word": "出くわす",
"reading": "でくわす",
"romaji": "dekuwasu",
"meanings": [
"to happen to meet",
"to come across"
],
"level": "N1",
"pos": [
"v5s",
"vi"
],
"jmdict_id": 1337950,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "我々はニューヨークで彼らに出くわした。",
"furigana": "{我々|われわれ}はニューヨークで{彼|かれ}らに{出|で}くわした。",
"en": "We came upon them in New York.",
"tatoeba_id": 186006
},
{
"ja": "私は彼女に町で偶然出くわした。",
"furigana": "{私|わたし}は{彼女|かのじょ}に{町|まち}で{偶然|ぐうぜん}{出|で}くわした。",
"en": "I ran into her in the street.",
"tatoeba_id": 153338
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "c13baf94e36ac72b674bbcb23ec640bdfd5a93676d5db68c4aa3456adf66ae2c",
"meanings": [
"碰见"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "我々はニューヨークで彼らに出くわした。",
"zh": "我们在纽约遇到了他们。"
},
{
"ja": "私は彼女に町で偶然出くわした。",
"zh": "我在城里偶然遇到她。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n1/b3e5a1f6cc",
"JMdict ent_seq 1337950; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "2a395838dedfd641e71ffe72ee3f4fd1f67f85f76436f83dcf0081ba12f1067c"
}
}