あう

Japanese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) あう [áꜜù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [a̠ɯ̟]
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

あう • (au) intransitive godan (stem あい (ai), past あった (atta))

  1. 会う: to meet
  2. 合う: to match with, to be proper
  3. 遭う: to meet with (misfortune)
  4. 遇う: to meet with (misfortune)
  5. 逢う: to meet with (drama or pathos)
  6. 逅う: to meet with (unexpectedly)
  7. 邂う: to meet with (unexpectedly)
  8. 翕う: to meet with (very rare kanji usage)
  9. 覯う: to meet with (very rare kanji usage)
  10. 覿う: to meet with (very rare kanji usage)
  11. 遘う: to meet with (very rare kanji usage)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of あう – see the following entries.
【央おう】3
[affix] centre, middle
[affix] (US) short for 央州 (“Oregon (a state of the United States)”)
【桜おう】5
[affix] cherry tree
[affix] cherry tree that bears edible fruit
[affix] (US) short for サクラメント／桜府 (Sakuramento, “Sacramento (a city in California, United States)”)
(This term, あう (au), is a historical kana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as あう, see Category:Japanese kanji read as あう.)

(The following entries do not have a page created for them yet: 奥, 媼, 墺, 懊, 鶯.)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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