会う
Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 会 |
| あ Grade: 2 |
| kun’yomi |
Alternative forms
- 逢う, 遭う, 遇う
Pronunciation
Verb
会う (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 會う, intransitive, godan conjugation, hiragana あう, rōmaji au, historical hiragana あふ)
- to meet with, see, meet again or for the first time
- 会いたい ― aitai ― I miss you (literally, “I want to meet up [with you again]”)
- 会いたかったんだ ― aitakatta n da ― I wanted to see [you again]; I'd missed you
- 友達に会えなくなる
- tomodachi ni aenakunaru
- to become unable to meet with one's friends
- 1923, 夢野久作, 約束:
- 「ある人が橋の下で友達に会う約束をして待っていた。
- “Aru hito ga hashi no shita de tomodachi ni au yakusoku o shite matte ita.
- This person had arranged to meet their friend under a bridge and was waiting for them there.
- 「ある人が橋の下で友達に会う約束をして待っていた。
- to come across, meet by accident, bump into
- 1929, 小林多喜二, 不在地主:
- 「誰とも道で会わねばええな。
- “Dare to mo michi de awaneba ē na.
- Let's hope you don't bump into anyone on the road.
- 「誰とも道で会わねばええな。
- 1929, 小林多喜二, 不在地主:
- to gather, to come together
- to receive guests etc.
Conjugation
Conjugation of "会う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 会わ | あわ | awa |
| Continuative (連用形) | 会い | あい | ai |
| Terminal (終止形) | 会う | あう | au |
| Attributive (連体形) | 会う | あう | au |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 会え | あえ | ae |
| Imperative (命令形) | 会え | あえ | ae |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 会われる | あわれる | awareru |
| Causative | 会わせる 会わす |
あわせる あわす |
awaseru awasu |
| Potential | 会える | あえる | aeru |
| Volitional | 会おう | あおう | aō |
| Negative | 会わない | あわない | awanai |
| Negative continuative | 会わず | あわず | awazu |
| Formal | 会います | あいます | aimasu |
| Perfective | 会った | あった | atta |
| Conjunctive | 会って | あって | atte |
| Hypothetical conditional | 会えば | あえば | aeba |
Classical conjugation of "会ふ" (ハ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irrealis (未然形) | 会は | あは | afa |
| Continuative (連用形) | 会ひ | あひ | afi |
| Terminal (終止形) | 会ふ | あふ | afu |
| Attributive (連体形) | 会ふ | あふ | afu |
| Realis (已然形) | 会へ | あへ | afe |
| Imperative (命令形) | 会へ | あへ | afe |
| Key constructions | |||
| Negative | 会はず | あはず | afazu |
| Contrasting conjunction | 会へど | あへど | afedo |
| Causal conjunction | 会へば | あへば | afeba |
| Conditional conjunction | 会はば | あはば | afaba |
| Past tense (firsthand knowledge) | 会ひき | あひき | afiki |
| Past tense (secondhand knowledge) | 会ひけり | あひけり | afikeri |
| Perfect tense (conscious action) | 会ひつ | あひつ | afitu |
| Perfect tense (natural event) | 会ひぬ | あひぬ | afinu |
| Perfect-continuative tense | 会へり 会ひたり | あへり あひたり | aferi afitari |
Synonyms
- (come across): 出会う (deau)
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