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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

出でくわす

N1
でくわす dekuwasu
  1. to happen to meet
  2. to come across
godan verbintransitive

Chinese meanings

碰见

Examples

  • 我われ々われはニューヨークで彼かれらに出でくわした。
    We came upon them in New York.
    我们在纽约遇到了他们。
  • 私わたしは彼かの女じょに町まちで偶ぐう然ぜん出でくわした。
    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"
  }
}