Lingaku出くわす【でくわす】
Frequency rank: 8,271. – 8,287.
- to happen to meet; to come across
Godan verb with 'su' ending; intransitive verb
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- to happen to meet; to come across
This meaning refers to an unexpected or coincidental encounter with someone or something, often implying a surprising or unplanned meeting.
I happened to meet a friend yesterday.
Generated collocations (experimental)
でくわす出くわすことがあるto have the experience of coming acrossおもい思いがけずでくわす出くわすto unexpectedly come acrossゆうじん友人にでくわす出くわすto come across a friendまち街ででくわす出くわすto come across in the cityいざかや居酒屋ででくわす出くわすto come across at an izakayaたまたまでくわす出くわすto happen to come acrossでくわす出くわすかくりつ確率probability of coming acrossぐうぜん偶然でくわす出くわすto come across by chanceしばらくぶりにでくわす出くわすto come across after a long time
Wiktionary definitions (experimental)
- ぐうぜん偶然あう会（あう）う．.
Example sentences
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On encountering the celebrity, they asked for his autograph.
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On encountering the celebrity, the fans asked for his autograph.
We often come across Japanese tourists in this area.