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    3. 出くわす

    出くわす

    出でく​わ​す​

    to happen to meet

    N1KMT9News #31+1Verb, IntransitiveDaily LifeKanji Vocab10 strokes

    出会す出交す出喰わす

    でくわす

    Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    to happen to meet, to come across, to run into, to bump into

    Stroke 0 / 10

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    帰かえり道みちで偶ぐう然ぜん、昔むかしの友ゆう人じんにでくわした。

    On my way home, I accidentally ran into an old friend.

    KMT8Daily LifeFamily & Relationships
    毎まい朝あさの散さん歩ぽで、近きん所じょの犬いぬに出でくわすのが楽たのしみだ。

    I look forward to running into the neighborhood dog on my morning walk.

    KMT8Daily LifeAnimals
    旅りょ行こう中ちゅう、思おもわぬハプニングに出でくわすことも旅たびの醍だい醐ご味みだ。

    Running into unexpected happenings while traveling is also the real pleasure of a trip.

    KMT9Travel & TransportationEmotions & Psychology
    彼かれは人じん生せいの岐き路ろで、何なん度ども困こん難なんな選せん択たくに出でくわしてきた。

    He has encountered difficult choices many times at crossroads in his life.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    森もりの中なかで珍めずらしい鳥とりに出でくわし、感かん動どうした。

    I was moved when I came across a rare bird in the forest.

    KMT9Nature & EnvironmentAnimals

    Characters that make up this word

    出
    で.る・-で・だ.す・-だ.す・い.でる・い.だす…(9)
    exit・leave・go out・come out・put out…(1)
    Kanji
    く
    ku
    Kana
    わ
    wa
    Kana
    す
    su
    Kana
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