会う (au)
会う (あう, au) is a Japanese verb meaning “to meet; to encounter”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- あう
- Romaji
- au
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in う
- Level
- JLPT N5 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to meet; to encounter; to see · godan verb, intransitive · 逢う is often used for close friends, etc. and may be associated with drama or pathos; 遭う may have an undesirable nuance
- to have an accident; to have a bad experience · godan verb, intransitive · usually written in kana · esp. 遭う when in kanji
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 会う
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in う. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 会う | あう au |
| Polite (~masu) | 会います | あいます aimasu |
| Negative | 会わない | あわない awanai |
| Polite negative | 会いません | あいません aimasen |
| Past | 会った | あった atta |
| Polite past | 会いました | あいました aimashita |
| Negative past | 会わなかった | あわなかった awanakatta |
| Te-form | 会って | あって atte |
| Potential | 会える | あえる aeru |
| Passive | 会われる | あわれる awareru |
| Causative | 会わせる | あわせる awaseru |
| Volitional | 会おう | あおう aou |
| Imperative | 会え | あえ ae |
| Conditional (~ba) | 会えば | あえば aeba |
Kanji in 会う
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 会う.
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Source: JMdict entry 1198180 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.