出合う
N1であう deau
- to meet by chance
- to come across
- to happen to encounter
- to hold a rendezvous
- to have a date
godan verbintransitive
Chinese meanings
偶遇;相遇
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('21fc5b6373'); // 出合う
{
"id": "21fc5b6373",
"word": "出合う",
"reading": "であう",
"romaji": "deau",
"meanings": [
"to meet by chance",
"to come across",
"to happen to encounter",
"to hold a rendezvous",
"to have a date"
],
"level": "N1",
"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": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "eb6bc9f16c46a696b3de75781525005f469583601a7ce083b249d27a3de7beca",
"meanings": [
"偶遇",
"相遇"
],
"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/n1/21fc5b6373",
"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"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "556c5be80ca3ca4b1040b69cac8945efe2d620bbd579fcae9457db21b79919d5"
}
}