Meaning of 思わぬ(おもわぬ) in Japanese

Japanese word definition and usage

Reading and JLPT level 思わぬ

Kana Reading おもわぬ

Romaji omowanu

Parts of speech

noun or verb acting prenominally

Meaning

unexpected; unforeseen

Example Sentences

思わぬ, おもわぬ used in context

模擬試験(もぎしけん)に何回も(なんかいも)失敗(しっぱい)して(する)、実際に(じっさいに)受けて(うける)みたら(みる)思わぬ(おもわぬ)結果(けっか)が出た(でる)。

Having failed my mock examinations any number of times, when I actually tried taking it the result was nothing I'd imagined.
注意深かった(ちゅういぶかい)けれども、彼(あれ)は思わぬ(おもわぬ)ミスをおかした(おかす)。

Careful as he was, he made an unexpected mistake.
私(わたし)の提案(ていあん)は思わぬ(おもわぬ)反対に(はんたい)あった(ある)。

My proposal met with unexpected opposition.
その思わぬ(おもわぬ)知らせ(しらせ)に私(わたし)はびくっとした(する)。

I jumped at the unexpected news.
このことが思わぬ(おもわぬ)結果(けっか)を招いた(まねく)。

This led to unexpected results.
うっかり口(くち)を滑らせる(すべる)と思わぬ(おもわぬ)結果(けっか)を招く(まねく)ことが多い(おおい)。

A slip of the tongue often brings about unexpected results.

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思 JLPT 4

think

On: シ

Kun: おも.う, おもえら.く, おぼ.す

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