出会い

出会い

Japanese

Kanji in this term
出	会
で Grade: 1	あ Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
出會い (kyūjitai)

Alternative forms

• 出合い
• 出逢い
• 出会
• 出合

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
• (Tokyo) であい [dèáí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• IPA^(key): [de̞a̠i]

Noun

出(で)会(あ)い • (deai) ^{←であひ (deafi)?}

1. encounter; meeting by chance

   出会(であ)い系(けい)サイト

   deai-kei saito

   online dating service

   • 2003 April 22, Hirokane, Kenshi, “ＳＴＥＰ４　いちご白書をもう一度 [STEP 2: The Strawberry Statement Again]”, in ヤング島耕作 [Young Shima Kōsaku], volume 1 (fiction), Tōkyō: Kōdansha, →ISBN, page 77:

     それが重田律子との最初の出会いだった

     Sore ga Shigeta Ritsuko to no saisho no deai datta

     That, was the first time I met Shigeta Ritsuko

2. confluence (of rivers, streams, etc.)

See also

• 出(で)会(あ)う (deau)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN