接せっする

suru verb (special), intransitive verb

touch; come into contact with; be close to

Intransitive use, typically in the pattern XがYに接する. More formal or technical-sounding than everyday 触れる for simple touching.

• 手てがドアノブに接せっした瞬しゅん間かん、静せい電でん気きが走はしった。

  The moment my hand touched the doorknob, I got a static shock.

suru verb (special), intransitive verb

border on; adjoin; be adjacent to

Used for land, buildings, roads, regions, and other things that physically border or are adjacent to something.

• その土と地ちは大おお通どおりに接せっしている。

  That plot of land borders a main street.

• この町まちは北きたで海うみに接せっしている。

  This town borders the sea to the north.

suru verb (special), intransitive verb

deal with; attend to; treat; receive

Used for how one faces, treats, serves, or receives people, especially customers, guests, patients, students, or others one must interact with.

• 彼かの女じょはどの客きゃくにも丁てい寧ねいに接せっする。

  She treats every customer courteously.

• 教きょう師しは生せい徒と一人ひとり一人ひとりに公こう平へいに接せっするべきだ。

  Teachers should deal fairly with each student.

suru verb (special), intransitive verb

receive news; hear; learn of

Formal use with words such as 知らせ, 報道, and 訃報; often expresses receiving or being confronted with news or information.

• 訃ふ報ほうに接せっし、深ふかい悲かなしみを覚おぼえた。

  On hearing the news of the death, I felt deep sadness.

• その知しらせに接せっして、関かん係けい者しゃは対たい応おうを急いそいだ。

  After receiving the news, the people involved hurried to respond.

suru verb (special), intransitive verb

encounter; come across; be exposed to

Often used in a somewhat formal style for encountering works, ideas, people, cultures, or opportunities, not just physically meeting by chance.

• 大だい学がくで初はじめて日本にほん文ぶん学がくの原げん典てんに接せっした。

  At university, I first encountered original texts of Japanese literature.

suru verb (special), intransitive verb

be tangent to

Mathematical use for a line, curve, circle, or surface touching another at a point without crossing it.

• この直ちょく線せんは円えんに接せっしている。

  This straight line is tangent to the circle.

suru verb (special), transitive verb

bring into contact; place adjacent; share or connect by contact

Transitive use with を. It is relatively formal and often appears in set phrases such as 膝を接する, 軒を接する, and 国境を接する; ordinary everyday causative 'make touch' is often expressed with 接触させる.

• 二人ふたりは膝ひざを接せっして話はなし合あった。

  The two talked with their knees nearly touching.

• その二に国こくは長ながい国こっ境きょうを接せっしている。

  The two countries share a long border.