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会う (あう, au) Japanese meaning: meet | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N5 › Freq. Frequency Top 500 Conjugation 会う · godan verb (-u)
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 会あ う 会あ わない Polite 会あ います 会あ いません Past polite 会あ いました 会あ いませんでした Past 会あ った 会あ わなかった Te-form 会あ って 会あ わないで Desire 会あ いたい 会あ いたくない Potential 会あ える 会あ えない Passive 会あ われる 会あ われない Causative 会あ わせる 会あ わせない Causative passive 会あ わせられる also 会あ わされる 会あ わせられない also 会あ わされない Volitional 会あ おう Polite volitional 会あ いましょう Imperative 会あ え 会あ うな Conditional 会あ えば 会あ わなければ Tara conditional 会あ ったら 会あ わなかったら
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I'll meet a friend at the station tomorrow.
I first met him last spring.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 に 会あ う to meet/see someone
I met my friend at the station.
事じ 故こ に 会あ う to have/be involved in an accident
He was involved in a traffic accident yesterday.
〈 人ひと 〉 と 会あ う to meet with someone (mutual arrangement)
I'm planning to meet with the client's representative next week.
Expressions 辛つら い 目め に 遭あ う have a hard time; go through a painful experience Kanji 遇 meet, encounter, interview Transitive / intransitive 会わせる is the transitive causative partner of 会う, meaning to make or let someone meet another person.
会わす is a slightly older or more colloquial transitive causative form paired with the intransitive 会う, meaning to introduce or bring together.
Related words 出会う highlights a chance or fateful first encounter, while 会う is the neutral, everyday word for meeting someone.
見舞われる specifically means to be struck by a disaster or misfortune, while 会う in this sense more broadly covers any bad experience or accident.
Politeness お目にかかる is the humble form used when speaking of oneself meeting someone of higher status, while 会う is the plain, neutral verb.
会う is the plain verb for meeting someone, while 拝む is its old-fashioned humble (謙譲語) form used to describe the speaker's own act of seeing a high-status person.
Word family· 8 meeting; encounter; rendezvous · first meeting; coming across · confluence
meet by chance; come across; encounter · meet; converge; join · emerge and engage; sally forth to meet
presence; observation; witnessing · trading session · initial charge; face-off
Written forms 会あ う Usage 79%
General kanji for meeting or seeing someone; the most common spelling.
遭あ う Usage 8%
Used for encountering accidents, disasters, or unpleasant experiences.
あう Usage 7%
Kana spelling is common, especially for the 'bad experience' sense (sense 2), which is usually written in kana.
逢あ う Usage 6%
Often used for meetings with close friends or romantic encounters; may carry a dramatic or emotional nuance.
Etymology Native Japanese verb. The kanji 会, 逢, 遭, and 遇 are all used for the verb あう, each with different nuances. The reading あう is of native origin.
面会する is a formal word for visiting or meeting someone (e.g. in a hospital or office), whereas 会う is the plain, everyday verb for meeting.
会う is the general verb for 'to meet,' while 待ち合わせる specifically means to meet at a prearranged time and place.
会う is the general, everyday verb for meeting someone, while 落ち合う stresses that people converge at a specific prearranged or agreed location.
立た ち 会あ う
be present; witness; attend
meet each other; meet one another
Show 3 more appointment; date; rendezvous
meet by chance; happen upon; run into
seasonal ingredient pairing
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.
