遭遇

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Chinese

a time; incident; meet by chance
a time; incident; meet by chance; turn
 
 meet with
trad. (遭遇) 遭 遇
simp. #(遭遇) 遭 遇

Pronunciation

Verb

遭遇

  1. to encounter (an accident, a misfortune); to find by chance

Synonyms

Noun

遭遇

  1. experience (usually negative)

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
遭 遇
そう
Grade: S 		ぐう
Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

遭(そう)遇(ぐう) • (sōgū) 

  1. an encounter, often an undesirable one
    未知(みち)との遭遇(そうぐう)
    michi to no sōgū
    encounter with the unknown

Verb

遭(そう)遇(ぐう)する • (sōgū suru) intransitive suru (stem 遭(そう)遇(ぐう)し (sōgū shi), past 遭(そう)遇(ぐう)した (sōgū shita))

  1. encounter

Conjugation

Conjugation of "遭遇する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 遭遇し そうぐうし sōgū shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 遭遇し そうぐうし sōgū shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 遭遇する そうぐうする sōgū suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 遭遇する そうぐうする sōgū suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 遭遇すれ そうぐうすれ sōgū sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 遭遇せよ¹
遭遇しろ² 		そうぐうせよ¹
そうぐうしろ² 		sōgū seyo¹
sōgū shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 遭遇される そうぐうされる sōgū sareru
Causative 遭遇させる
遭遇さす 		そうぐうさせる
そうぐうさす 		sōgū saseru
sōgū sasu
Potential 遭遇できる そうぐうできる sōgū dekiru
Volitional 遭遇しよう そうぐうしよう sōgū shiyō
Negative 遭遇しない そうぐうしない sōgū shinai
Negative continuative 遭遇せず そうぐうせず sōgū sezu
Formal 遭遇します そうぐうします sōgū shimasu
Perfective 遭遇した そうぐうした sōgū shita
Conjunctive 遭遇して そうぐうして sōgū shite
Hypothetical conditional 遭遇すれば そうぐうすれば sōgū sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

Korean

Hanja in this term
遭遇

Noun

遭遇 • (jou) (hangeul 조우)

  1. hanja form? of 조우 (“encounter”)
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