遭そう逢ほう

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

chance meeting; encounter

A formal or literary term for an unexpected or coincidental meeting. Often used in written language or elevated speech.

• 旅たび先さきでの遭そう逢ほうが、その後ごの人じん生せいを変かえた。

  A chance encounter during my travels changed my life afterwards.

• 彼かれとは図と書しょ館かんで遭そう逢ほうした。

  I ran into him at the library.