会う

Japanese
Kanji in this term
会
あ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Verb

会う (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 會う, intransitive, godan conjugation, hiragana あう, rōmaji au, historical hiragana あふ)

  1. to meet with, see, meet again or for the first time
    会 (あ)いたい ― aitai ― I miss you (literally, “I want to meet up [with you again]”)
    会 (あ)いたかったんだ ― aitakatta n da ― I wanted to see [you again]; I'd missed you
    友達 (ともだち)に会 (あ)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 (ひと)が橋 (はし)の下 (した)で友達 (ともだち)に会 (あ)う約束 (やくそく)をして待 (ま)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.
  2. to come across, meet by accident, bump into
    • 1929, 小林多喜二, 不在地主:
      「誰 (だれ)とも道 (みち)で会 (あ)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.
  3. to gather, to come together
  4. 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

References
  1. 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
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