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    3. 出会い頭

    出会い頭

    出で会あい​頭がしら

    the moment of meeting (of two people, vehicles, etc.)

    KMT10News #38+1NounDaily LifeKanji Vocab29 strokes

    出合い頭出会いがしら出合頭出会頭出合いがしら

    であいがしら

    Noun

    1.
    the moment of meeting (of two people, vehicles, etc.), the moment of running into each other, the moment of crossing paths

    Stroke 0 / 29

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    角かどで出で会あい頭がしらにぶつかった。

    I bumped into someone right at the corner.

    KMT10Daily Life
    自じ転てん車しゃと歩ほ行こう者しゃが出で会あい頭がしらに衝しょう突とつした。

    A bicycle and a pedestrian collided head-on.

    KMT10Daily LifeTravel & Transportation
    出で会あい頭がしらの事じ故こを防ふせぐため、見み通とおしの悪わるい場ば所しょでは徐じょ行こうすべきだ。

    To prevent head-on collisions, one should drive slowly in places with poor visibility.

    KMT10Travel & TransportationDaily Life
    廊ろう下かで出で会あい頭がしらに昔むかしの友ゆう人じんと再さい会かいした。

    I unexpectedly ran into an old friend in the hallway.

    KMT10Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology
    出で会あい頭がしらに声こえをかけられ、少すこし驚おどろいた。

    I was a little surprised when someone called out to me unexpectedly.

    KMT10Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology

    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
    会
    あ.う・あ.わせる・あつ.まる…(4)
    meeting・meet・party・association・interview…(1)
    Kanji
    頭
    あたま・かしら・-がしら・かぶり…(8)
    head・counter for large animals
    Kanji
    い
    i
    Kana
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