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来合わせる (きあわせる) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

来き合あわせる

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Meanings

1

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

happen to come; be there by chance

Describes being present somewhere by coincidence, often when something else occurs. Common in narrative and casual speech.

事じ故このとき、たまたま現げん場ばに来き合あわせた。
I happened to be at the scene when the accident occurred.
彼かれが来き合あわせてくれて助たすかった。
It was a big help that he happened to come by.

Written forms

来き合あわせるUsage69%
Standard kanji spelling.
来合きあわせるUsage17%
Variant with 合せる instead of 合わせる.
来きあわせるUsage10%
search-only kanji form
Search-only kanji form; not a standard spelling.
きあわせるUsage3%

Kanji

来come, due, next
合fit, suit, join

Similar words

居い合あわせる
居合わせる also means 'to happen to be present', but focuses on being there rather than coming. 来合わせる emphasizes the act of arriving by chance.

Etymology

Compound of 来る (くる, 'to come') and 合わせる (あわせる, 'to meet' or 'to coincide'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the meaning is transparent from its components.