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ばったり

N3
battari
  1. unexpectedly (meeting someone)
  2. with a thud
  3. suddenly
adverbadverb (〜と)

Chinese meanings

偶然;突然

Examples

  • 道みちでばったり彼かの女じょに会あいましてね。
    I just ran into her on the street.
    我在路上偶然遇到了她。
  • 彼かれは駅えきでばったり彼かの女じょに会あった。
    He came across her at the station.
    他在车站偶遇了她。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('1038a70c3e'); // ばったり
{
  "id": "1038a70c3e",
  "word": "ばったり",
  "reading": "ばったり",
  "romaji": "battari",
  "meanings": [
    "unexpectedly (meeting someone)",
    "with a thud",
    "suddenly"
  ],
  "level": "N3",
  "pos": [
    "adv",
    "adv-to"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1632430,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "道でばったり彼女に会いましてね。",
      "furigana": "{道|みち}でばったり{彼女|かのじょ}に{会|あ}いましてね。",
      "en": "I just ran into her on the street.",
      "tatoeba_id": 123619
    },
    {
      "ja": "彼は駅でばったり彼女に会った。",
      "furigana": "{彼|かれ}は{駅|えき}でばったり{彼女|かのじょ}に{会|あ}った。",
      "en": "He came across her at the station.",
      "tatoeba_id": 109607
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "20d3de0a15617333f0183fd0d06534844df2669d5bf0b5289777328001275951",
    "meanings": [
      "偶然",
      "突然"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "道でばったり彼女に会いましてね。",
        "zh": "我在路上偶然遇到了她。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "彼は駅でばったり彼女に会った。",
        "zh": "他在车站偶遇了她。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n3/1038a70c3e",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1632430; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "c2b2f2fed6a5af55e0a5f584e3f56526d772eeec11547656d07d71c61e98fe8c"
  }
}