わせ【はちあわせ】

Frequency rank: 16,485. – 16,545.
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi); noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
  1. bumping of heads
  2. running into; coming across; encounteringoften with a negative connotation
Forms
  • わせ【はちあわせ】Frequency rank: 16,485. – 16,545.
  • はちわせ【はちあわせ】
  • せ【はちあわせ】
  • はちあわせ
Generated definitions (experimental)
  1. bumping of heads
    2. This meaning refers to an unexpected encounter or confrontation between two parties, often leading to a surprising situation.
    They ran into each other in the street.
    The confrontation in the meeting was unavoidable.
  2. running into; coming across; encountering
    3. This meaning indicates a casual or unplanned meeting or discovery, often in day-to-day life.
    I came across a friend at the park.
    She encountered an interesting book at the bookstore.
Generated collocations (experimental)
to bump into each otherto run into each otherto encounter by chanceto avoid running into each otherto come across each other on the streetthe moment of bumping into each otherto unexpectedly run into each otherせい性the possibility of encountering each other
Example sentences
1 result
1. 、りゅう留。
I bumped into Miru at the school gates, just as she was arriving from the girls' dormitory.
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