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偶ぐう然ぜん

N3
ぐうぜん guuzen
  1. (by) chance
  2. unexpectedly
  3. suddenly
adverb

Chinese meanings

偶然;碰巧

Examples

  • 私わたしは道みちで古ふるい友ゆう人じんと偶ぐう然ぜん出で会あった。
    I happened across an old friend in the street.
    我在路上偶然遇见了老朋友。
  • 偶ぐう然ぜんその単たん語ごにであったわけです。
    I just came up with the word.
    我偶然遇到了那个单词。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('6f97791279'); // 偶然
{
  "id": "6f97791279",
  "word": "偶然",
  "reading": "ぐうぜん",
  "romaji": "guuzen",
  "meanings": [
    "(by) chance",
    "unexpectedly",
    "suddenly"
  ],
  "level": "N3",
  "pos": [
    "adv"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1246270,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "私は道で古い友人と偶然出会った。",
      "furigana": "{私|わたし}は{道|みち}で{古|ふる}い{友人|ゆうじん}と{偶然|ぐうぜん}{出会|であ}った。",
      "en": "I happened across an old friend in the street.",
      "tatoeba_id": 154817
    },
    {
      "ja": "偶然その単語にであったわけです。",
      "furigana": "{偶然|ぐうぜん}その{単語|たんご}にであったわけです。",
      "en": "I just came up with the word.",
      "tatoeba_id": 179276
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "c26537eebd0cf9f50899e2995ccf13f781134ec17ec08173619c026fbe7edb8a",
    "meanings": [
      "偶然",
      "碰巧"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "私は道で古い友人と偶然出会った。",
        "zh": "我在路上偶然遇见了老朋友。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "偶然その単語にであったわけです。",
        "zh": "我偶然遇到了那个单词。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n3/6f97791279",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1246270; local JMdict_e.gz",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "39ecf2ebd8e4966991e3bdce6f59bf496e7880ec93542326751428ebaf53fa1c"
  }
}