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会う [ichi1,news2,nf26] ； 逢う [ichi1] ； 遭う [ichi1,news2,nf34] ； 遇う [rK]
【 あう [ichi1,news2,nf26] 】
1. [v5u,vi]
《逢う is often used for close friends, etc. and may be associated with drama or pathos; 遭う may have an undesirable nuance》
▶ to meet
▶ to encounter
▶ to see
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 1198200 会わせる【あわせる】 1. to make (someone) to meet; to let (someone) meet
  ⇐ see: 1284460 合わす【あわす】 5. to cause to meet (e.g. an unpleasant fate)
  ⇐ see: 1284480 合わせる【あわせる】 5. to cause to meet (e.g. an unpleasant fate)
  ⇐ see: 1535140 お目にかかる【おめにかかる】 1. to meet (someone of higher status)
2. [v5u,vi] [uk]
《esp. 遭う when in kanji》
▶ to have an accident
▶ to have a bad experience
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 1198200 会わせる【あわせる】 1. to make (someone) to meet; to let (someone) meet
  ⇐ see: 1535140 お目にかかる【おめにかかる】 1. to meet (someone of higher status)

Conjugations


History:
3. A 2021-11-13 06:12:29  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
会う	4190653
逢う	334281
遭う	316947
遇う	15102
  Diff: 
@@ -21,0 +22 @@
+<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf>
2. A 2013-03-22 01:54:39  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
1. A* 2013-03-21 23:41:05  winnie <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
http://ejje.weblio.jp/content/会う
  Comments: 
I found this in a context where "meet" or "encounter" didn't really fit, because someone only saw someone else.  Then at the reference link I found a few entries that included "see" as a definition.
  Diff: 
@@ -35,0 +35,1 @@
+<gloss>to see</gloss>

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