会う

Japanese
See also: 合う

Etymology
Kanji in this term
会
あ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
會う (kyūjitai)
逢う
遭う
遇う (rare)

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Pronunciation
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "会う"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)		 会う あ​う [áꜜù]
Imperative (命令形) 会え あ​え [áꜜè]
Key constructions
Passive 会われる あわれ​る [àwáréꜜrù]
Causative 会わせる あわせ​る [àwáséꜜrù]
Potential 会える あえ​る [àéꜜrù]
Volitional 会おう あお​ー [àóꜜò]
Negative 会わない あわ​ない [àwáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 会わなかった あわ​なかった [àwáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 会います あいま​す [àímáꜜsù]
Perfective 会った あ​った [áꜜttà]
Conjunctive 会って あ​って [áꜜttè]
Hypothetical conditional 会えば あ​えば [áꜜèbà]

Verb

会(あ)う • (au) ←あふ (afu)?intransitive godan (stem 会(あ)い (ai), past 会(あ)った (atta))

  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(とも)達(だち)に会(あ)えなくなる
    tomodachi ni aenakunaru
    to become unable to see one's friends
  2. to come across, meet by accident, bump into
    Synonym: 出会う (deau)
  3. to gather, to come together
  4. to receive guests etc.

Conjugation
Conjugation of "会う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 会わ あわ awa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 会い あい ai
Shūshikei ("terminal") 会う あう au
Rentaikei ("attributive") 会う あう au
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 会え あえ ae
Meireikei ("imperative") 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
Volitional 会はむあはむafamu

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. Nakai, Yukihiko, editor (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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