落おち合あう

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落ち合う · godan verb (-u)

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

Meanings

godan verb (-u), intransitive verb

meet up; rendezvous; get together

Used when people arrange to meet at a specific time and place, or happen to meet by chance.

駅えき前まえで友とも達だちと落おち合あう約やく束そくをした。
I made plans to meet up with a friend in front of the station.
彼かれらはカフェで落おち合あってから映えい画がに行いった。
They met at a café and then went to the movies.

godan verb (-u), intransitive verb

join; flow together; converge

Describes roads, rivers, or paths coming together at a point.

この先さきで二ふたつの川かわが落おち合あう。
The two rivers join up ahead.
山やま道みちが峠とうげで落おち合あっている。
The mountain trails converge at the pass.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉と〈場ば所しょ〉で落おち合あうto meet up with someone at a place
友とも達だちと駅えき前まえで落おち合あう約やく束そくをした。
I arranged to meet up with a friend in front of the station.
〈時とき〉に落おち合あうto meet up at a certain time
午ご後ご三さん時じに落おち合あうことにした。
We decided to meet up at three in the afternoon.
〈場ば所しょ〉で〈物もの〉が落おち合あうfor rivers/roads to converge at a place
二ふたつの川かわがこの辺あたりで落おち合あう。
The two rivers converge around here.

Kanji

落fall, drop, come down
合fit, suit, join

Related words

待まち合あわせるN3sense 1
待ち合わせる specifically means to arrange a meeting time and place in advance, while 落ち合う can also describe a chance meeting at a spot.
会あうN5sense 1
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.
合ごう流りゅうN2sense 2
合流する is a more formal word used for rivers, traffic, or groups merging, while 落ち合う can sound more casual or literary for people meeting.
集しゅう合ごうN3sense 1
集合する is used for a group formally assembling at one place, whereas 落ち合う usually refers to two or more people meeting up casually.

Opposites

別わかれるN4sense 1
別れる means to part or separate, the opposite of 落ち合う, which means to come together and meet.

Built from

落おちる+合あう

Written forms

落おち合あうUsage89%
Standard kanji spelling; the ち is included for clarity.
おちあうUsage6%
落おち合あうUsage5%
Less common variant without the ち; still encountered.

Etymology

Compound of 落ち (continuative form of 落ちる, 'to fall') + 合う ('to meet'). The original image is of things coming together as if falling into the same place.