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巡り合わせ (めぐりあわせ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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noun
fate ; fortune ; chance encounter
Refers to the way events or meetings come about through fate or coincidence, often with a nuance of something beyond one's control. Commonly used in expressions like 巡り合わせで or 不思議な巡り合わせ.
不ふ 思し 議ぎ な 巡めぐ り 合あ わせ で 、 同おな じ 日ひ に 同おな じ 場ば 所しょ に い た 。
By a strange coincidence, we were at the same place on the same day.
Written forms 巡めぐ り 合あ わせ Usage 43%
Standard kanji spelling using 巡り (going around) and 合わせ (joining), conveying the idea of things coming together by fate.
めぐり 合あ わせ Usage 24%
Mixed kana-kanji spelling; common in everyday writing when the full kanji is considered heavy.
めぐりあわせ Usage 23%
Full kana spelling; used for clarity or when the kanji is not needed.
巡めぐ りあわせ Usage 5%
巡めぐ り 合あわ せ Usage 4%
Simplified variant of 巡り会わせ.
廻めぐ り 合あわ せ Usage 1%
巡めぐ り 会あ わせ
Variant using 会 (meet) instead of 合, emphasizing the meeting aspect of fate.
Kanji 巡 patrol, go around, circumference Similar words 運うん 命めい 運命 is a broader, more formal term for destiny or fate, often implying a predetermined life course. 巡り合わせ focuses on the chance or coincidental aspect of how things come together.
偶ぐう 然ぜん 偶然 means coincidence or happenstance, emphasizing randomness. 巡り合わせ carries a stronger sense of meaningful connection or fate behind the coincidence.
Etymology Compound of 巡り (めぐり, 'going around, circulation') and 合わせ (あわせ, 'joining, matching'). The combination suggests events or people coming together through the cycles of fate.
meeting, meet, party
