Word Meaning 出会い頭

であいがしら deaigashira

出会い頭 is read as であいがしら (deaigashira) and means the moment of meeting (of two people, vehicles, etc.).

Meaning

English

the moment of meeting (of two people, vehicles, etc.)
the moment of running into each other
the moment of crossing paths

Reading

Kana

であいがしら

Romaji

deaigashira

Writing Variants

出合い頭 であいがしら deaigashira

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 29 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 19192 Priority D

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

出頭

しゅっとう

surrender (e.g. to the police)

出世頭

しゅっせがしら

most successful (of one's relatives, classmates, etc.)

会頭

かいとう

society president

任意出頭

にんいしゅっとう

voluntarily appearing for police questioning

出会う

であう

to emerge and engage (an enemy)

出会い

であい

confluence

出頭命令

しゅっとうめいれい

(issuing) order requiring someone to report personally (to a police station)

頭出し

あたまだし

cueing (e.g. a magnetic tape, recording) (cuing)

日本頭痛学会

にっぽんずつうがっかい

Japanese Headache Society

国際頭痛学会

こくさいずつうがっかい

Congress of the International Headache Society

頭脳流出

ずのうりゅうしゅつ

brain drain

出掛ける

でかける

to be about to leave

Example Sentences

わたしが前をよく見てなかったから、出会い頭にぶつかっちゃって。小川くんは悪くないわ。

Because I wasn't looking where I was going, I bumped into him when we passed. It wasn't his fault.