Dictionary / Vocabulary / 出くわす
でくわす
to happen to meet; to come across; to run into; to bump into
JLPT N1 Also written 出会す、出交す、出喰わす
明日我々は敵軍に出くわすだろう。
Tomorrow we will encounter the enemy.
彼らは有名人と出くわすなり、サインをもとめた。
On encountering the celebrity, they asked for his autograph.
彼は道で友人と出くわした。
He encountered a friend on the road.