出会う
N3であう deau
- to meet by chance
- to come across
- to happen to encounter
godan verbintransitive
Chinese meanings
偶遇;碰见
Examples
- きのう旧友の一人に出会った。I saw an old friend of mine yesterday.昨天遇到了一位老朋友。
- 私は道で古い友人と偶然出会った。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"
}
}