遭う (あう) — to encounter, to meet with (misfortune)
遭う
to encounter
Frequency #4331
Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common.
2 characters
godan verb (-u) · intransitive
Part of speech (JMdict: v5u, vi)
au
Pitch高低アクセント — Tokyo-dialect pitch accent. The number is the drop position: 0 = heiban (no drop), 1 = atamadaka (drops after 1st mora), N = drops after Nth mora. The line above each mora marks high pitch; below, low.
あう[1] atamadaka 頭高
Synth audio is approximate — the diagram is the canonical reference.
Meanings
- to encounter
- to meet with (misfortune)