遭う – Vocabulary details

遭あう

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

encounter a difficulty

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to experience (something unpleasant); to go through; to suffer

to have an accident; to meet with an accident

to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to feel pain

強ごう盗とうに遭あったことがありますか。

Have you ever been mugged?

彼かれは交こう通つう事じ故こに遭あった。

He was in a traffic accident.

トムは交こう通つう事じ故こに遭あった。

Tom was in a traffic accident.

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