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出で会あう

N3
であう deau
  1. to meet by chance
  2. to come across
  3. to happen to encounter
godan verbintransitive

Chinese meanings

偶遇;碰见

Examples

  • きのう旧きゅう友ゆうの一ひと人りに出で会あった。
    I saw an old friend of mine yesterday.
    昨天遇到了一位老朋友。
  • 私わたしは道みちで古ふるい友ゆう人じんと偶ぐう然ぜん出で会あった。
    I happened across an old friend in the street.
    我在路上偶然遇到了老朋友。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('efa915fbef'); // 出会う
{
  "id": "efa915fbef",
  "word": "出会う",
  "reading": "であう",
  "romaji": "deau",
  "meanings": [
    "to meet by chance",
    "to come across",
    "to happen to encounter"
  ],
  "level": "N3",
  "pos": [
    "v5u",
    "vi"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1598530,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "きのう旧友の一人に出会った。",
      "furigana": "きのう{旧友|きゅうゆう}の{一人|ひとり}に{出会|であ}った。",
      "en": "I saw an old friend of mine yesterday.",
      "tatoeba_id": 225957
    },
    {
      "ja": "私は道で古い友人と偶然出会った。",
      "furigana": "{私|わたし}は{道|みち}で{古|ふる}い{友人|ゆうじん}と{偶然|ぐうぜん}{出会|であ}った。",
      "en": "I happened across an old friend in the street.",
      "tatoeba_id": 154817
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "source_hash": "2ec2085d124f968ffed3419f6d195e45baa5bacfa8cd1c0e9ec38da75e587cf4",
    "meanings": [
      "偶遇",
      "碰见"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "きのう旧友の一人に出会った。",
        "zh": "昨天遇到了一位老朋友。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "私は道で古い友人と偶然出会った。",
        "zh": "我在路上偶然遇到了老朋友。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n3/efa915fbef",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1598530; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "review_hash": "08007737fdfa1a4ef16c0026c404b8efc3350071198702b2ef43496dca8892fb",
    "status": "reviewed",
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
  }
}