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au

会あうau
to meet
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Usages of au

私わたし　は　病院びょういん　で　医者いしゃ　に　会あいます。watasi ha byouin de isya ni aimasu.
I meet a doctor at the hospital.
私わたし　は　友達ともだち　に　会あいたい　です。watasi ha tomodati ni aitai desu.
I want to meet a friend.
私わたし　は　学校がっこう　の　近ちかく　で　友達ともだち　に　会あいます。watasi ha gakkou no tikaku de tomodati ni aimasu.
I meet a friend near the school.
説明会せつめいかい　で　会あった　翻訳者ほにゃくしゃ　は、「読者どくしゃ　の　想像力そうぞうりょく　を　大切たいせつ　に　すること　が　大事だいじ　だ」　と　言いって　いました。setumeikai de atta honyakusya ha,「dokusya no souzouryoku wo taisetu ni surukoto ga daizi da」 to itte imasita.
A translator I met at an information session said, “It’s important to value the reader’s imagination.”

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