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あう, 会う, 逢う, 遭う, 遇う
Conjugated: 会った
Godan verb, Intransitive, 逢う is often used for close friends, etc. and may be associated with drama or pathos; 遭う may have an undesirable nuance
1. to meet, to encounter, to see
Usually in kana, esp. 遭う when in kanji
2. to have an accident, to have a bad experience
前に彼にあったのを覚えている。
See more > common
ここで会ったが百年目, ここで逢ったが百年目, 此処で会ったが百年目, 此処で逢ったが百年目, ここであったがひゃくねんめ
Expression
at last your time has come, I have found you at last
地獄で仏に会ったよう, じごくでほとけにあったよう
Expression, Adverb, Idiomatic expression
with great relief, as if meeting a friend in need, as if having met a Buddha in hell