遭遇

そうぐう

encounter; running into; meeting with (e.g. an accident); being confronted with (e.g. a difficulty)

Common word

Meanings

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive
encounter; running into; meeting with (e.g. an accident); being confronted with (e.g. a difficulty)

Example sentences

私わたしたちは多おおくの困難こんなんに遭遇そうぐうした。

We encountered many difficulties.
この前まえ学校がっこうの帰かえりに古本屋ふるほんやに寄よったら長ながい間あいだ探さがしてた本ほんに遭遇そうぐうした。

The other day, I stopped at a secondhand bookstore on my way home from school and happened to find a book I had been looking for for a long time.