遭う

あう

to meet

N5 #1,365

Meanings

also 会う · 逢う

  1. 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
  2. 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)

Its kanji

In sentences

我々われわれは嵐あらしに遭あった。 We were caught in a storm. #185506

夕立ゆうだちに遭あいました。 I was caught in an evening shower. #79036

吹雪ふぶきに遭あいました。 We were caught in a snowstorm. #10224845

もらい事故じこに遭あった。 I was in an accident. #13086725

彼かれは交通事故こうつうじこに遭あった。 He met with a traffic accident. #107453

途中とちゅうで交通渋滞こうつうじゅうたいに遭あった。 We met a traffic jam on the way. #124580

ついさっき夕立ゆうだちに遭あった。 I was caught in a shower just now. #202690

トムは交通事故こうつうじこに遭あった。 Tom was in a traffic accident. #2706820