エンカウント

Japanese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Back-formation from English encounter, mistaken for an agent noun.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) エンカウント [èńkáꜜùǹtò] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA(key): [ẽ̞ŋka̠ɯ̟̃nto̞]

Noun

エンカウント • (enkaunto) 

  1. (video games) encounter
  2. (Internet slang) chance meeting with someone in real life
    Hypernym: 邂逅 (kaigō)
  3. (Internet slang) arranged meeting with someone in real life; meetup in real life

See also

Verb

エンカウントする • (enkaunto suru) suru (stem エンカウントし (enkaunto shi), past エンカウントした (enkaunto shita))

  1. (video games) to encounter
  2. (Internet slang) to meet with someone by chance in real life
  3. (Internet slang) to meet with someone by appointment in real life
    Hypernym: 邂逅 (kaigō)
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