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Japanese word 出会う: meet by chance / come across. Meanings and example sentences.

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出会う (であう): meaning and examples

Key takeaways

出会う (であう) means meet by chance / come across.

See example sentences below.

出会う at a glance

出会う
であうdeau
N3verb
meet by chance / come across
出会うであうdeauN3Japanese vocabulary

Core meaning of 出会う

Core meaning

meet by chance / come across

Basic example sentences

Example 1

駅で昔の友だちに出会った。

Translation

I ran into an old friend at the station.

Example 2

旅行中に珍しい動物に出会った。

Translation

I came across a rare animal during my trip.

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