Meaning of 偶然 in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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偶然JLPT 3
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Kana Readingぐうぜん
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Romajigūzen
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no`, adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
- Meaning
- (by) chance; unexpectedly; suddenly; accident; fortuity
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Example Sentences
偶然, ぐうぜん used in context
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Coincidentally enough, I know him.
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We rarely come across big names.
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I met him by accident at the airport yesterday.
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I hit on a spa.
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Our meeting was purely accidental.
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She came across some old documents in the closet.
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Related Kanji
Kanji found in this word
accidentally, even number, couple, man & wife, same kind
On: グウ
Kun: たま
11 strokes
sort of thing, so, if so, in that case, well
On: ゼン, ネン
Kun: しか, しか.り, しか.し, さ
12 strokes
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