What does 出会い mean?
出会い is a Japanese noun meaning “meeting, rendezvous, encounter” in English. It can also be translated as “meeting for the first time, confluence” depending on context. It is written as 出会い in kanji, であい in hiragana, and deai in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N3 vocabulary.
Example sentence
私たちの出会いはまったくの偶然でした。
Our meeting was quite accidental.