出くわす
でくわす · dekuwasu · JLPT N1 · noun
meet
🚪 出 (come out) + 会う (meet): step out of a place and run into someone by chance
Comes from 出会わす (deawasu), 'to meet', with 出 'come out'. Use it for bumping into someone or something unexpectedly, as in 道で友達に出くわした (ran into a friend on the street).
出 — foot 止 emerging from enclosure 凵
出 is a pictograph showing a foot or plant stepping out of a hollow or enclosure, depicting the act of going forth. The original sense of 'coming out' or 'emerging' has remained stable since oracle bone script. It now broadly means 'to exit, go out, or produce.'