JLPT N1 Advanced
居合わせる
To happen to be present.
Readings
Other forms
居合わせます polite form
居合わせた plain past
居合わせて te-form
Verb
"To happen to be there" / "To be present by chance"
Describes the coincidental state of being in a specific location at the exact moment a significant event takes place.
Example
事故 が 起き た 時 、 偶然 その 場 に 居合わせ まし た 。
I happened to be there by chance when the accident occurred.
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