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くわす

rarely used kanji formgodan verbgodan verb (archaic)verb (generic)intransitive verb

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Meanings

to happen to meet, to come across, to run into, to bump into

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Example sentences

駅前えきまえ偶然ぐうぜんむかし同僚どうりょうくわした

I happened to run into an old colleague in front of the station.

こんな場所ばしょきみくわすとはおもわなかった。

I never thought I would come across you in a place like this.

旅行りょこうちゅうおもわぬトラブルにくわしてこまてた。

I ran into unexpected trouble during my trip and was at a complete loss.

彼女かのじょ取材先しゅざいさき重大じゅうだい事件じけんくわすことになるとはゆめにもおもっていなかった。

She had never even dreamed that she would come across a major incident at her reporting assignment.

長年ながねん調査ちょうさすえ研究者けんきゅうしゃたちはきわめてめずらしい現象げんしょうくわした

After years of investigation, the researchers came across an extremely rare phenomenon.