Japanese

わせる

かおをあわせる
Meaning: to meet; to face each other; to compete
Part of Speech: Verb

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Verb inflections

Form Affirmative Negative
Present 顔を合わせる 顔を合わせない
Polite 顔を合わせます 顔を合わせません
Past 顔を合わせた 顔を合わせなかった
Polite + Past 顔を合わせました 顔を合わせませんでした
Te-form 顔を合わせて 顔を合わせなくて
Potential 顔を合わせられる 顔を合わせられない
Passive 顔を合わせられる 顔を合わせられない
Causative 顔を合わせさせる 顔を合わせさせない
Imperative 顔を合わせろ 顔を合わせるな

Handwriting

顔
を
合
わ
せ
る

Example

I met with him after a long time.

Usage Notes

Literally 'to join faces'. It means to meet someone in person, or for two teams/players to be matched against each other in a game.

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