遭う
N2あう au
- to meet
- to encounter (undesirable nuance)
godan verbintransitive
Chinese meanings
遭遇;遇上(不幸)
Chinese notes
遭う常用于事故、灾害等不愉快的遭遇。
Examples
- 駅へ行く途中でにわか雨に遭った。I was caught in a shower on my way to the station.去车站的路上遇到了阵雨。
- 旅行中に事故に遭った。I had an accident during the trip.旅行中遭遇了事故。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('5b1dbc60e6'); // 遭う
{
"id": "5b1dbc60e6",
"word": "遭う",
"reading": "あう",
"romaji": "au",
"meanings": [
"to meet",
"to encounter (undesirable nuance)"
],
"level": "N2",
"pos": [
"v5u",
"vi"
],
"jmdict_id": 1198180,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "駅へ行く途中でにわか雨に遭った。",
"en": "I was caught in a shower on my way to the station.",
"tatoeba_id": 188876
},
{
"ja": "旅行中に事故に遭った。",
"en": "I had an accident during the trip."
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "bb5f423cc5bcbafcdd64f6f4c476bc6e4a2ce4bef142ffea05d3ea6c3fd1b3aa",
"meanings": [
"遭遇",
"遇上(不幸)"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "駅へ行く途中でにわか雨に遭った。",
"zh": "去车站的路上遇到了阵雨。"
},
{
"ja": "旅行中に事故に遭った。",
"zh": "旅行中遭遇了事故。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n2/5b1dbc60e6",
"JMdict ent_seq 1198180; local JMdict_e.gz",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"notes": "遭う常用于事故、灾害等不愉快的遭遇。",
"review_hash": "d639ccc33d585ff913151f16c4794268f2e64133e0d9ecc2e4560c638ec82980"
}
}