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ふと
まち
かれ
った

I met him on the street by chance.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
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suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally  (often written with kana only)
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Most common form:
noun
1. town; block; neighbourhood; neighborhood
2. street; road
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pronoun
1. he; him
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Most common form: あう
'u' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to meet; to encounter; to see  (逢う is often used for close friends, etc. and may be associated with drama or pathos, 遭う may have an undesirable nuance)
2. to have an accident; to have a bad experience  (esp. 遭う when in kanji; often written with kana only)
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Kanji
カイ   ガイ   まち town, thoroughfare, street   
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ケイ    jewel; corner   
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ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
コウ   ギョウ   アン   ゆ    い to go   おこな to take place   
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step
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
チョウ   テイ    a (city) block; counter for long/narrow things, blocks of tofu   
ヒ   かれ he   
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ヒ   かわ skin, leather   
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stick   
cliff
また again   
カイ   エ   あ to meet   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ウン    say   
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ニ   ふた    ふた two   
ム   private
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