"でくわす" meaning in Japanese

See でくわす in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [de̞kɯ̟β̞a̠sɨ]
Head templates: {{ja-verb|でくわす|hhira=でくはす|tr=intrans|type=1}} でくわす • (dekuwasu) ^(←でくはす (dekufasu)?)intransitive godan (stem でくわし (dekuwashi), past でくわした (dekuwashita)) Forms: dekuwasu [romanization], dekufasu [romanization], でくわし [stem], でくわした [past], no-table-tags [table-tags], でくわさ [error-unrecognized-form], dekuwasa [error-unrecognized-form], でくわし [error-unrecognized-form], dekuwashi [error-unrecognized-form], でくわす [error-unrecognized-form], dekuwasu [error-unrecognized-form], でくわせ [error-unrecognized-form], dekuwase [error-unrecognized-form], でくわされる [passive], dekuwasareru [passive], でくわさせる [causative], でくわさす [causative], dekuwasaseru [causative], dekuwasasu [causative], でくわせる [potential], dekuwaseru [potential], でくわそう [volitional], dekuwasō [volitional], でくわさない [negative], dekuwasanai [negative], でくわさず [continuative, negative], dekuwasazu [continuative, negative], でくわします [formal], dekuwashimasu [formal], でくわした [perfective], dekuwashita [perfective], でくわして [conjunctive], dekuwashite [conjunctive], でくわせば [conditional, hypothetical], dekuwaseba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. come across, come upon, meet by chance Synonyms: であう (deau)

Alternative forms

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dekuwasu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekufasu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でくわし",
      "roman": "dekuwashi",
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でくわした",
      "roman": "dekuwashita",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-su",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でくわさ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekuwasa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でくわし",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekuwashi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でくわす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekuwasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でくわせ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekuwase",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でくわされる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekuwasareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でくわさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でくわさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekuwasaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekuwasasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でくわせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekuwaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でくわそう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekuwasō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でくわさない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekuwasanai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でくわさず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekuwasazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でくわします",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekuwashimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でくわした",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekuwashita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でくわして",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekuwashite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でくわせば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekuwaseba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
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        "hhira": "でくはす",
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      },
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      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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          "kind": "other",
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          "source": "w"
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
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          "parents": [],
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          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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        {
          "kind": "other",
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              83
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          "english": "I want to come across Rin-chan working as a maid at a maid café despite being forbidden from having a part-time job, and I want to enjoy how awkward she looks.",
          "ref": "2011, “リンちゃんなう!”, in オワタP (lyrics), ボーナス\(^o^)/^(niconico VocaDB), performed by オワタP ft. 初音ミク and 巡音ルカ:",
          "roman": "Rinchan ga baito-kinshi na no ni meido kissa de meido-san shiteru no ni dekuwashite, gikochinai sugata o osametai.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "禁",
              "きん"
            ],
            [
              "止",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "喫",
              "きっ"
            ],
            [
              "茶",
              "さ"
            ],
            [
              "出",
              "で"
            ],
            [
              "姿",
              "すがた"
            ],
            [
              "納",
              "おさ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "リンちゃんがバイト禁止なのにメイド喫茶でメイドさんしてるのに出くわして、ぎこちない姿を納めたい。",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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        "come across, come upon, meet by chance"
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        [
          "come across",
          "come across"
        ],
        [
          "come upon",
          "come upon"
        ],
        [
          "meet",
          "meet"
        ],
        [
          "by chance",
          "by chance"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "roman": "deau",
          "word": "であう"
        }
      ]
    }
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    {
      "other": "でくわす"
    },
    {
      "other": "でくわす"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[de̞kɯ̟β̞a̠sɨ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "でくわす"
}
{
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      "form": "dekuwasu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekufasu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でくわし",
      "roman": "dekuwashi",
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でくわした",
      "roman": "dekuwashita",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ja-go-su",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でくわさ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekuwasa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でくわし",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekuwashi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でくわす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekuwasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でくわせ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekuwase",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でくわされる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekuwasareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でくわさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でくわさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekuwasaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekuwasasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でくわせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekuwaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でくわそう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekuwasō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でくわさない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekuwasanai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でくわさず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekuwasazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でくわします",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekuwashimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でくわした",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekuwashita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でくわして",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekuwashite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "でくわせば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dekuwaseba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
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      "name": "ja-verb"
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  "lang_code": "ja",
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        "Japanese links with manual fragments",
        "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
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          "ref": "2011, “リンちゃんなう!”, in オワタP (lyrics), ボーナス\(^o^)/^(niconico VocaDB), performed by オワタP ft. 初音ミク and 巡音ルカ:",
          "roman": "Rinchan ga baito-kinshi na no ni meido kissa de meido-san shiteru no ni dekuwashite, gikochinai sugata o osametai.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "禁",
              "きん"
            ],
            [
              "止",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "喫",
              "きっ"
            ],
            [
              "茶",
              "さ"
            ],
            [
              "出",
              "で"
            ],
            [
              "姿",
              "すがた"
            ],
            [
              "納",
              "おさ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "リンちゃんがバイト禁止なのにメイド喫茶でメイドさんしてるのに出くわして、ぎこちない姿を納めたい。",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "come across, come upon, meet by chance"
      ],
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        [
          "come across",
          "come across"
        ],
        [
          "come upon",
          "come upon"
        ],
        [
          "meet",
          "meet"
        ],
        [
          "by chance",
          "by chance"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "でくわす"
    },
    {
      "other": "でくわす"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[de̞kɯ̟β̞a̠sɨ]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "deau",
      "word": "であう"
    }
  ],
  "word": "でくわす"
}

Download raw JSONL data for でくわす meaning in Japanese (4.9kB)

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