ばったり
N3 battari
- unexpectedly (meeting someone)
- with a thud
- suddenly
adverbadverb (〜と)
Chinese meanings
偶然;突然
Examples
- 道でばったり彼女に会いましてね。I just ran into her on the street.我在路上偶然遇到了她。
- 彼は駅でばったり彼女に会った。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"
}
}