会う

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Japanese

See also: 合う

Etymology

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
會う (kyūjitai)
逢う
遭う
遇う (rare)

Uncertain. Inherited from Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *apu. Theories of earliest origin include:[1]

Various forms of あう (, , , ; “join; be together; meet”) are attested from the Middle Ages (c. 1185-1573).[1] Compare () (au).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「会う
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
会う
Imperative (命令形) 会え
Key constructions
Passive 会われる われ
Causative 会わせる わせ
Potential 会える
Volitional 会おう
Negative 会わない ない
Negative perfective 会わなかった なかった
Formal 会います いま
Perfective 会った った
Conjunctive 会って って
Hypothetical conditional 会えば えば

Verb

() (auあふ (afu)?intransitive godan (stem () (ai), past ()った (atta))

  1. to meet with, see, meet again or for the first time
    ()いたいaitaiI miss you (literally, “I want to meet up ”)
    ()いたかったんだaitakatta n daI wanted to see ; I'd missed you
    (とも)(だち)()えなくなる
    tomodachi ni aenakunaru
    to become unable to see one's friends
  2. to come across, meet by accident, bump into
    Synonym: 出会う (deau)
  3. to gather, to come together
  4. to receive guests etc.

Conjugation

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 あ・う[あふ] 【合・会・逢・遭】Paid subscription required”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ Nakai, Yukihiko, editor (2002), 京阪系アクセント辞典 [A Dictionary of Tone on Words of the Keihan-type Dialects] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Bensei, →ISBN