偶然
N3ぐうぜん guuzen
- (by) chance
- unexpectedly
- suddenly
adverb
Chinese meanings
偶然;碰巧
Examples
- 私は道で古い友人と偶然出会った。I happened across an old friend in the street.我在路上偶然遇见了老朋友。
- 偶然その単語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"
}
}