エンカウント

Japanese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Back-formation from English encounter, mistaken for an agent noun.

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) エンカ​ウント [èńkáꜜùǹtò] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA(key): [ẽ̞ŋka̠ɯ̟̃ᵝnto̞]

Noun

エンカウント • (enkaunto) 

  1. (video games) encounter
  2. (Internet slang) chance meeting with someone in real life
    Hypernym: 邂逅 (kaigō)

See also

Verb

エンカウントする • (enkaunto suru) suru, stem エンカウントし (enkaunto shi), past エンカウントした (enkaunto shita)

  1. (video games) to encounter
  2. (Internet slang) to meet with someone by chance in real life
    Hypernym: 邂逅 (kaigō)
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