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    3. 会う

    会う

    会あう​

    to meet

    N5KMT8News #26+2CoreVerb, IntransitiveDaily LifeKanji Vocab8 strokes

    逢う遭う遇う

    あう

    Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    to meet, to encounter, to see
    2.
    to have an accident, to have a bad experience
    word usually written using kana alone

    Stroke 0 / 8

    Speed1.0x

    友とも達だちに会あう約やく束そくがあります。

    I have a promise to meet a friend.

    KMT6Daily LifeFamily & Relationships
    彼かれは出しゅっ張ちょう先さきで偶ぐう然ぜん旧きゅう友ゆうに会あった。

    He coincidentally met an old friend at his business trip destination.

    KMT8Daily LifeBusiness & Finance
    彼かれは不ふ運うんにも交こう通つう事じ故こに会あってしまった。

    He unfortunately had a traffic accident.

    KMT8Daily LifeTravel & TransportationMedicine & Health
    久ひさしぶりに会あう親しん戚せきとの会かい話わは尽つきなかった。

    The conversation with relatives I hadn't seen in a long time was endless.

    KMT8Daily LifeFamily & Relationships
    彼かれは人じん生せいで一いち度ども会あったことのない父ちち親おやを探さがしている。

    He is looking for his father whom he has never met in his life.

    KMT9Daily LifeFamily & RelationshipsEmotions & Psychology

    Characters that make up this word

    会
    あ.う・あ.わせる・あつ.まる…(4)
    meeting・meet・party・association・interview…(1)
    Kanji
    う
    u
    Kana
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