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JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

遭そう遇ぐう

souguu

to encounter unexpectedly

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしたちは多おおくの困難こんなんに遭遇そうぐうした。

    We encountered many difficulties.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 漁師りょうしの浦島太郎うらしまたろうは、子こどもがカメをいじめているところに遭遇そうぐうする。

    Urashima Taro, a fisherman, happened to see children treating a turtle cruelly.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 途中暴風雨とちゅうぼうふううに遭遇そうぐうし、五島列島福江島玉之浦ごとうれっとうふくえじまたまのうらの大宝港たいほうこうに寄港きこうした。

    Encountering a storm, the ship stopped at the Daiho-ko harbor in Tamanoura, Fukue-jima Island, the Goto Islands.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 遭遇

  • 遭encounter; meetOnソウKunあう・あわせる
  • 遇meet; encounterOnグウKunあう

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