JLPT N5 · Verb

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

  1. 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
  2. to have an accident; to have a bad experience · godan verb, intransitive · usually written in kana · esp. 遭う when in kanji

Example sentences

前に彼にあったのを覚えている。
I remember seeing him before.
駅へ行く途中でにわか雨に遭った。
I was caught in a shower on my way to the station.

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.

FormJapaneseReading
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.

Source: JMdict entry 1198180 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.