How to say "rendezvous" in Japanese

• 出会いであいJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounCovers 'meeting' and 'encounter'; for 'rendezvous' it is seldom the word you want, since it does not of itself suggest a prearranged meeting at an agreed time and place.
  私わたしたちの出会であいはまったくの偶然ぐうぜんでした。↗

  Our meeting was quite accidental.
• 待合まちあいCommon
  noun, suru verbA noun for a rendezvous or meeting; the gloss 'assignation' lends it a nuance of a secret or romantic tryst, so it can suggest a discreet prearranged meeting.
• 待ち合わせるまちあわせるJLPT N2approx.Common
  ichidan verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbThe verb for arranging to meet at a prearranged place and time; this is what you say when making plans to rendezvous, as when friends fix a time and spot to meet.
  私わたしたちはいつも学校がっこうへ行いく途中とちゅうで待ち合まちあわせた。↗

  We used to meet on our way to school.
• 落ち合うおちあうCommon
  godan verb, intransitive verbA verb for meeting up as arranged; it also means to get together, so it suits people converging at one spot, and it overlaps with 待ち合わせる for planned meetings.
  君きみの家いえと私の家いえの中間ちゅうかんで落ち合おちあうことにしよう。↗

  Let's meet halfway between your house and mine.

For a prearranged meeting use the verbs 「待ち合わせる」 (arrange to meet at a set time and place) or 「落ち合う」 (meet up, get together); as a noun, 待合 is a rendezvous or assignation, while 「出会い」 is a meeting or encounter.

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• 出会いであいmeeting
• 待合まちあいrendezvous
• 待ち合わせるまちあわせるto rendezvous
• 落ち合うおちあうto meet up (as arranged)
• ランデブーrendezvous (with a romantic partner)
• 逢瀬おうせrendezvous
• 溜まり場たまりばgathering spot
• 会う約束あうやくそくappointment
• しのび逢いしのびあいclandestine meeting (e.g. for lovers)
• 集合場所しゅうごうばしょmeeting place
• 逢引あいびきclandestine meeting (of lovers)