あう

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Verb

あう • (au) intransitive godan (stem あい (ai), past あった (atta))

  1. 会う: to meet
  2. 合う: to match with, to be proper
  3. 遭う: to meet with (misfortune)
  4. 遇う: to meet with (misfortune)
  5. 逢う: to meet with (drama or pathos)
  6. 逅う: to meet with (unexpectedly)
  7. 邂う: to meet with (unexpectedly)
  8. 翕う: to meet with (very rare kanji usage)
  9. 覯う: to meet with (very rare kanji usage)
  10. 覿う: to meet with (very rare kanji usage)
  11. 遘う: to meet with (very rare kanji usage)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of あう – see the following entries.
【央おう】3
centre, middle
(US) Short for 央州 (“Oregon (a state of the United States)”).
【桜おう】5
cherry tree
cherry tree that bears edible fruit
(US) Short for サクラメント／桜府 (Sakuramento, “Sacramento (a city in California, United States)”).
(This term, あう (au), is a historical kana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as あう, see Category:Japanese kanji read as あう.)

(The following entries are uncreated: 奥, 媼, 墺, 懊, 鶯.)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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