出会い

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 出会い is read であい.
• Basic usage: It refers to a meeting or first encounter with a person, book, or something else.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Meeting someone
  • 旅先での出会い: an encounter with someone while traveling.
• Encountering a book
  • 本との出会い: the first encounter with a particular book, expressed as a meeting.