巡めぐり会あう

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 100,000

巡り会う · godan verb (-u)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	巡めぐり会あう	巡めぐり会あわない
Polite	巡めぐり会あいます	巡めぐり会あいません
Past polite	巡めぐり会あいました	巡めぐり会あいませんでした
Past	巡めぐり会あった	巡めぐり会あわなかった
Te-form	巡めぐり会あって	巡めぐり会あわないで
Desire	巡めぐり会あいたい	巡めぐり会あいたくない
Potential	巡めぐり会あえる	巡めぐり会あえない
Passive	巡めぐり会あわれる	巡めぐり会あわれない
Causative	巡めぐり会あわせる	巡めぐり会あわせない
Causative passive	巡めぐり会あわせられるalso 巡めぐり会あわされる	巡めぐり会あわせられないalso 巡めぐり会あわされない
Volitional	巡めぐり会あおう
Polite volitional	巡めぐり会あいましょう
Imperative	巡めぐり会あえ	巡めぐり会あうな
Conditional	巡めぐり会あえば	巡めぐり会あわなければ
Tara conditional	巡めぐり会あったら	巡めぐり会あわなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-u), intransitive verb

meet by chance; happen across; encounter fortuitously

Describes an unplanned, often meaningful meeting with a person or thing. Carries a nuance of fate or serendipity, especially with 逢う spellings.

旅たび先さきで昔むかしの友とも達だちと巡めぐり会あった。
I ran into an old friend by chance while traveling.
彼かれは図と書しょ館かんで探さがしていた本ほんにめぐり合あった。
He happened across the book he had been looking for in the library.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉に巡めぐり会あうto meet someone by fateful chance
旅たび先さきで運うん命めいの人ひとに巡めぐり会あった。
While traveling, I met the person destined for me.
〈物もの〉に巡めぐり会あうto come across something by chance in a meaningful way
図と書しょ館かんで一いっ冊さつの本ほんに巡めぐり会あった。
I came across a book at the library that felt like fate.
〈人ひと〉と巡めぐり会あうto be reunited or meet someone again by fate
長ながい旅たびの末すえ、彼かの女じょと巡めぐり会あった。
After a long journey, I finally met her again, as if by fate.

Kanji

合fit, suit, join
巡patrol, go around, circumference
会meeting, meet, party
逢meeting, tryst, date
回-times, round, game
廻round, game, revolve

Related words

出で会あうN3
出会う is the neutral, everyday word for meeting someone, while 巡り会う adds a strong sense of fate or destiny to the encounter.
遭そう遇ぐうN1
遭遇する describes an unexpected encounter (often with danger or difficulty), whereas 巡り会う implies a meaningful, fateful reunion or discovery.
邂かい逅こう
邂逅する is a highly literary term for a chance meeting, similar in poetic weight to 巡り会う but rarely used in everyday speech.

Word family

めぐり合あい
chance meeting; fortuitous encounter

Written forms

巡めぐり会あうUsage12%
Standard kanji spelling; high frequency and priority.
めぐりあうUsage25%
めぐり合あうUsage18%
Common kana-kanji mixed spelling with high priority.
巡めぐり合あうUsage17%
Variant kanji spelling; less common than 巡り会う.
めぐり会あうUsage17%
search-only kanji form
Search-only kana-kanji mixed form; not a standard spelling.
めぐり逢あうUsage8%
search-only kanji form
Search-only kana-kanji mixed form; not a standard spelling.
巡めぐりあうUsage2%
search-only kanji form
Search-only mixed form; not a standard spelling.
巡めぐり逢あうUsage<1%
Rare kanji variant using 逢う, which emphasizes a fated or romantic meeting.
廻めぐり合あう
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; 廻 is an uncommon variant of 巡.
回めぐり合あう
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; 回り typically means 'to go around' rather than 'to encounter'.

Etymology

Compound of 巡り (めぐり, 'going around, circulating') + 会う (あう, 'to meet'). The image is of meeting someone after a long or roundabout journey, hence the nuance of fate or serendipity.