際会|さいかいsaikai[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbmeeting; facing; confronting
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 際会する（さいかいする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 際会します（さいかいします） |
| Negative (nai) | 際会しない（さいかいしない） |
| polite (masen) | 際会しません（さいかいしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 際会せず・際会せぬ（さいかいせず・さいかいせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 際会した（さいかいした） |
| polite (mashita) | 際会しました（さいかいしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 際会しなかった（さいかいしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 際会しませんでした（さいかいしませんでした） |
| Te form | 際会して（さいかいして） |
| Potential | 際会できる（さいかいできる） |
| Passive | 際会される（さいかいされる） |
| Causative | 際会させる（さいかいさせる） |
| Causative passive | 際会させられる（さいかいさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 際会すれば（さいかいすれば） |
| tara | 際会したら（さいかいしたら） |
| Volitional | 際会しよう（さいかいしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 際会しましょう（さいかいしましょう） |
| Imperative | 際会しろ（さいかいしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- SynonymあうNeutralThe most basic verb for meeting someone, with the widest range of uses.
- Synonym会するかいするWrittenLiterary verb for people gathering in one place, as in 「一堂に会する」.
- Related出会うであうNeutralThe everyday default for meeting someone or coming across something by chance. 「際会」 is written style, for coinciding with a major opportunity or situation.
- Related出くわすでくわすCasualColloquial word for unexpectedly running into someone or something, often with the nuance of meeting something you would rather not.
- Relatedめぐり合うめぐりあうNeutralChance meeting, often with a fateful feel; covers reunions and first encounters alike. More colloquial than 「際会」, and usually takes people as its object.
- Related遭遇そうぐうNeutralComing upon people, things or events by chance; common with accidents and difficulties, as in 「未知の生物に遭遇する」. 「際会」 stresses coinciding with an opportunity or situation.
- Related鉢合わせはちあわせNeutralBumping heads or running into someone by chance; colloquial, with a sense of awkwardness.
- Related逢着ほうちゃくWrittenWritten word for coming upon or being confronted with something; rare even in formal prose.
- Related会遇かいぐうWrittenWritten word for a chance meeting; rare, and it stresses the two sides meeting rather than the timing.
- Related遭逢そうほうWrittenWritten word for meeting by chance or running into accidents and difficulties; rare. For everyday meetings use 「出会う」, for disasters 「遭遇」.
- Related顔を合わせるかおをあわせるNeutralSet phrase for meeting someone face to face or appearing together, common in speech; the focus is on the meeting itself.
- RelatedめぐりあいNeutralNoun for a chance encounter with a sense of destiny, as in 「運命のめぐり合い」.
- Related相見るあいみるWrittenArchaic written word for people facing or meeting each other; seldom used in modern Japanese.
Use 「際会」 in formal writing for coinciding with a major opportunity or situation, as in 「好機に際会する」. For everyday meetings say 「出会う」, for running into something 「出くわす」, for accidents or difficulties 「遭遇」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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