偶然, ぐうぜん

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JLPT 3

Definition of 偶然,ぐうぜん

adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no', adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

  • (by) chance
  • unexpectedly
  • suddenly
  • accident
  • fortuity

Related Kanji

偶 accidentally, even number, couple, man & wife, same kind
然 sort of thing, so, if so, in that case, well

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Examples of 偶然,ぐうぜん in a Sentence

私は、偶然旧友に会った。
I met an old friend by chance.
あなたは彼の名前を偶然知っていませんか。
Do you happen to know his name?
あの地震が起こったとき、私は偶然テレビを見ていた。
When the earthquake occurred, I happened to be watching TV.
コロンブスがアメリカを発見したのは、偶然だった。
Columbus' discovery of America was accidental.
そういうことは計画的というよりむしろ偶然に起こることがしばしばある。
Such things often happen by accident rather than by design.
そのことがらはほんの偶然にすぎない。
The matter is nothing more than an accident.
その戦争は偶然に勃発したわけではない。
The war didn't break out by accident.
その店で私は偶然彼女に出くわした。
I met her in the store by accident.
その爆発は偶然に起こった。
The explosion came about by accident.
その発見は全くの偶然だった。
That discovery was quite accidental.
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