であう – Vocabulary details

であう

Verb (5-dan, う, intransitive)

1. to meet (by chance); to come across; to run across; to encounter; to happen upon

出遭う usu. has a negative connotation

2. to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.)

esp. 出合う

3. to emerge and engage (an enemy)

often used imperatively as 出会え

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coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins

to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience

彼かれとはクラブでであったの。

I met him at a club.

あなた達たちはどうやってであったの？

How did you two meet?

恋こい人びとがいるのですか。どこでであったのですか。

Do you have a boyfriend or a girlfriend? Where did you meet them?

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