Keyword
encounter
Info
FrequencyTop 1200-1300
Type
Jōyō 
?
KankenLevel 3
Heisig2106
Readings
ぐう
(98%)
(1%)
Composed of
long-tailed monkey
road
Mnemonic

When you're on the road you can sometimes encounter a long-tailed monkey. Just don't hit it!

Used in vocabulary (48 in total)
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
unexpected meeting; coincidence
treatment (of a person); dealing with
favorable treatment; favourable treatment; hospitality; warm reception; good treatment; hearty welcome
misfortune; ill fate; bad luck; obscurity
once in a lifetime (opportunity); (a golden opportunity that may) happen only once in a thousand years
cold reception; inhospitality
to entertain; to treat
cordial welcome; hearty welcome; kind treatment; hospitality
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
encounter; engagement; battle
improvement of labor conditions (labour)
preferential treatment; privilege; favor; benefit; incentive
favour; favor; warm friendship
to entertain; to treat
courteous reception; honorable treatment; honourable treatment
cordial welcome; hearty welcome; kind treatment; hospitality
to complain about one's hard lot
reception; welcome
discriminatory treatment
Kagutsuchi; fire deity who burned to death his mother Izanami during childbirth (and was therefore beheaded by his father Izanagi)
one meeting
ill-treatment; abuse
maltreatment
most favored nation treatment; most favoured nation status
to complain about one's hard lot
one's dark days; the period during which one suffered misfortune and obscurity
national treatment; treating foreigners and locals equally
to have a bad time; to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to suffer
special favour; special favor
being neglected by the world; being denied one's deserved recognition and status
meeting; happening across
poor or inhospitable reception
to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate; to dress
being appreciated by one's employer; meeting (someone)
pair; couple; contraposition
happiness and sorrows
hospitality; service; entertainment
most favourable treatment; most favorable treatment; very warm reception
(being granted) the privileges of one's former (official) post
attitudinal expression (indicating the speaker's respect, contempt, etc. for the listener or the person being discussed)
tidal hypothesis (of the origin of the solar system); near-collision hypothesis
Examples (15 in total)
We encountered many difficulties.
He is contented with his lot.
I am not now in a position to help you.