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出でくわす

でくわす dekuwasu Play N1 Godan verb Intransitive

Meanings and examples

思いがけず人に出会う。 to happen to meet; to come across

Example 1

私わたしは彼女かのじょに町まちで偶然ぐうぜん出でくわした。

I ran into her in the street.

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Example 2

我々われわれはニューヨークで彼かれらに出でくわした。

We came upon them in New York.

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Kanji breakdown

出

N5

exit; leave; go out; come out; put out; protrude

On reading
シュツ、スイ
Kun reading
で.る、-で、だ.す、-だ.す、い.でる、い.だす
Radical
凵
Illustration of 出世

出世

N1

しゅっせ

promotion; successful career; eminence

Illustration of 出切る

出切る

N1

できる

to be out of; to have no more at hand

Illustration of 出動

出動

N1

しゅつどう

sailing; marching; going out

Illustration of 出合う

出合う

N1

であう

to meet by chance; to come across; to happen to encounter; to hold a rendezvous; to have a date

Illustration of 出品

出品

N1

しゅっぴん

exhibit; display