JLPT N3 · Verb

出会う (deau)

出会う (であう, deau) is a Japanese verb meaning “to meet (by chance); to come across”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: であう
Romaji: deau
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in う
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

to meet (by chance); to come across; to run across; to encounter; to happen upon · godan verb, intransitive · 出遭う usu. has a negative connotation
to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.) · godan verb, intransitive · esp. 出合う
to emerge and engage (an enemy) · godan verb, intransitive · often used imperatively as 出会え

Example sentences

きのう旧友の一人に出会った。

I saw an old friend of mine yesterday.

Tatoeba #225957

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 出会う

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	出会う	であう deau
Polite (~masu)	出会います	であいます deaimasu
Negative	出会わない	であわない deawanai
Polite negative	出会いません	であいません deaimasen
Past	出会った	であった deatta
Polite past	出会いました	であいました deaimashita
Negative past	出会わなかった	であわなかった deawanakatta
Te-form	出会って	であって deatte
Potential	出会える	であえる deaeru
Passive	出会われる	であわれる deawareru
Causative	出会わせる	であわせる deawaseru
Volitional	出会おう	であおう deaou
Imperative	出会え	であえ deae
Conditional (~ba)	出会えば	であえば deaeba

Kanji in 出会う

出

exit, leave, go outシュツ・スイ・で.る・-で · 5 strokes

会

meeting, meet, partyカイ・エ・あ.う・あ.わせる · 6 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 出会う.

出すだすto take out出口でぐちexit出るでるto leave出かけるでかけるto go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing)出席しゅっせきattendance出発しゅっぱつdeparture輸出ゆしゅつexport思い出すおもいだすto recall引き出しひきだしdrawer出でcoming out支出ししゅつexpenditure出場しゅつじょうparticipation (in a tournament, match, race, etc.)出身しゅっしんone's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)出版しゅっぱんpublication

Source: JMdict entry 1598530 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.