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JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

出でくわす

dekuwasu

to run into, to come across

Example sentences

  1. 我々われわれはニューヨークで彼かれらに出でくわした。

    We came upon them in New York.

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  2. 旧友きゅうゆうに出でくわした。

    I ran into an old friend.

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  3. 私わたしは駅えきで彼かれに出でくわした。

    I bumped into him at the station.

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Kanji in 出

  • 出exit; leaveOnシュツ・スイKunでる・だす・いでる

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