JLPT N3 · Verb

遭う (au)

遭う (あう, au) is a Japanese verb meaning “to meet; to encounter”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N3 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 N3 (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

前に彼にあったのを覚えている。

I remember seeing him before.

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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.

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

Conjugation of 遭う

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	遭う	あう au
Polite (~masu)	遭います	あいます aimasu
Negative	遭わない	あわない awanai
Polite negative	遭いません	あいません aimasen
Past	遭った	あった atta
Polite past	遭いました	あいました aimashita
Negative past	遭わなかった	あわなかった awanakatta
Te-form	遭って	あって atte
Potential	遭える	あえる aeru
Passive	遭われる	あわれる awareru
Causative	遭わせる	あわせる awaseru
Volitional	遭おう	あおう aou
Imperative	遭え	あえ ae
Conditional (~ba)	遭えば	あえば aeba

Kanji in 遭う

遭

encounter, meet, partyソウ・あ.う・あ.わせる · 14 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 遭う.

遭難そうなん(meeting with) disaster

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