Keyword
encounter
Info
FrequencyTop 1200-1300
Type
Jōyō 
?
KankenLevel 3
Heisig2106
Readings
ぐう
(98%)
あ
(1%)
Composed of
long-tailed monkey
road
Mnemonic

When you're on the road you can sometimes encounter a long-tailed monkey. Just don't hit it!

Used in vocabulary (48 in total)
encounter; running into; meeting with (e.g. an accident); being confronted with (e.g. a difficulty)
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
treatment (of a person); dealing with
favorable treatment; favourable treatment; hospitality; warm reception; good treatment; hearty welcome
unexpected meeting; coincidence
once-in-a-lifetime (opportunity); golden (opportunity); one-in-a-million (chance)
misfortune; ill fate; bad luck; obscurity
cold reception; inhospitality
cordial welcome; hearty welcome; kind treatment; hospitality
to entertain; to treat
preferential treatment; privilege; favor; benefit; incentive
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
improvement of labor conditions (labour)
encounter; engagement; battle
favour; favor; warm friendship
reception; welcome
to entertain; to treat
courteous reception; honorable treatment; honourable treatment
to complain about one's hard lot
cordial welcome; hearty welcome; kind treatment; hospitality
discriminatory treatment
Kagutsuchi; fire deity who burned to death his mother Izanami during childbirth (and was therefore beheaded by his father Izanagi)
one meeting
ill-treatment; abuse
most favored nation treatment; most favoured nation status
maltreatment
to have a bad time; to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to suffer
one's dark days; the period during which one suffered misfortune and obscurity
to complain about one's hard lot
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
being neglected by the world; being denied one's deserved recognition and status
national treatment; treating foreigners and locals equally
to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate (with); to adorn (with)
meeting; happening across
special favour; special favor
poor or inhospitable reception
being appreciated by one's employer; meeting (someone)
pair; couple; contraposition
happiness and sorrows
hospitality; service; entertainment
most favourable treatment; most favorable treatment; very warm reception
(being granted) the privileges of one's former (official) post
attitudinal expression; expression of treatment; expression indicating the speaker's respect, contempt, etc. towards the target
tidal hypothesis (of the origin of the solar system); near-collision hypothesis
Examples (30 in total)
I've never come across a man who talks so passionately about something with so little substance.
What did you intend to do if you really encountered him?
I don't know the way, and I wouldn't like to run into strange people.