also 会う · 遭う
- godan verb, intransitive, 逢う may indicate intimacy or emotion, 遭う undesirability to meet; to encounter; to see; to come across; to run into
- usually in kana, esp. 遭う when in kanji to have (e.g. an accident); to suffer (e.g. an unpleasant fate); to encounter; to face; to go through (e.g. a tough time); to get caught up (in)