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会う is an exact match with one form of the following word:
会う
BOOST
Reading : 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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Kanshudo usefulness level: 1 (among the 500 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 170,432 which gives a rank of 159
会う is the most useful form. 4 additional forms are shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is used about 50% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 20,000 (about 32,800,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N5 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 80 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 3142
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 26 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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Example sentences:
いそが
しかったろう
かのじょ
彼女
わたし
いに

Busy as she was, she came to see me.
だれ
わたし
いにきました

Has anyone come to see me?
じかん
時間
あったら
いに

Come and see me if you have any time.
遭う
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Reading : あう   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 77,000 (about 3,670,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N2 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 1076 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 5206
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 34 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
• This form is used as an example of an official Joyo kanji reading
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あう
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 50% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 19,000 (about 33,900,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 26 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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逢う
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Reading : あう   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 95,000 (about 2,150,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 9179
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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遇う
BOOST
Reading : あう   
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 227,000 (about 91,800 results)
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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
ソウ   あ to meet (often with negative nuance); to encounter   
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ソウ    cadet   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
キョク   melody; curve   まがる to curve, to bend (intr)   まげる to twist (tr)   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
move
to meet (esp. close friends)   
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resist   
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go
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ladder
move
グウ    entertain; deal with   
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グウ    long-tailed monkey   
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tracks, footprint   
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wide
デン   た rice field   
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