Meanings
Verb (5-dan, う, intransitive)
1. to meet; to encounter; to see
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
esp. 遭う when in kanji
Kanji used
meet face-to-face
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (6 in total)
to meet (by chance); to come across; to run across; to encounter; to happen upon
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
to meet somebody by chance; to happen upon
to meet somebody by chance; to happen upon
till we meet again
we meet only to part; (lit.) meeting is the first step to parting
Examples (1 in total)
I can't wait to see you.