あう【合う,会う,逢う,遭う】
1 〈面会する〉 see; 〈出会う〉 meet; 《米》 meet with; come across (偶然に)
句例
ひょっこり会う meet somebody by chance; come across somebody; 《口語》 run
文例
あの人には近頃少しも会わない. I have seen nothing of him lately.
彼女はあまり人と会わない. She does not see many people. / She doesn’t have much company.
2 〈物事に出あう〉
句例
雨に遭う be caught in a shower; be overtaken by a shower
文例
途中夕立に遭ってずぶ濡れになってしまった. On the way (there) I was caught in a (sudden) shower and drenched to the skin.
あおぐ【仰ぐ】
1 〈見上げる〉 look up 《at》
句例
天を仰ぐ look up at the sky.
2 〈尊敬する〉 respect; look up to
句例
師と仰がれる be looked up to [《形式》 be revered] as a teacher.
3 〈…に求める〉 depend [rely] on (somebody for something); look [turn] to (somebody for advice)
句例
教えを仰ぐ ask somebody for instruction [advice]
援助を仰ぐ turn [look] to somebody for assistance [(financial) aid]
文例
日本は綿花の供給をアメリカに仰いでいる. Japan depends [relies] on America for her supply of raw cotton.