Word Meaning 鉢合わせる

はちあわせる hachiawaseru

鉢合わせる is read as はちあわせる (hachiawaseru) and means to bump heads.

Meaning

English

  1. to bump heads
  2. to bump into each other
  3. to collide head-on
  4. to meet by chance
  5. to encounter
  6. to run into

Reading

Kana

はちあわせる

Romaji

hachiawaseru

Writing Variants

  • はち合わせる はちあわせる hachiawaseru
  • 鉢合せる はちあわせる hachiawaseru

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 25 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 122151 Priority T

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

鉢合わせ

はちあわせ

bumping of heads

鉢巻き

はちまき

headband

はち

flowerpot

鉢植え

はちうえ

potted plant

合わせる

あわせる

to cause to meet (e.g. an unpleasant fate)

間に合わせる

まにあわせる

to get (something) done in time

組み合わせる

くみあわせる

to match against (e.g. in a sport)