思いがけない
N2おもいがけない omoigakenai
- unexpected
- casual
い-adjective
Also written 思い掛けない
Chinese meanings
意外;没想到
Examples
- 彼は全く思いがけなく着いた。He arrived quite out of the blue.他完全出乎意料地到了。
- 彼に会うとは思いがけなかった。He was the last person I expected to see.没想到会遇见他。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('8fda5b92a3'); // 思いがけない
{
"id": "8fda5b92a3",
"word": "思いがけない",
"reading": "おもいがけない",
"romaji": "omoigakenai",
"meanings": [
"unexpected",
"casual"
],
"level": "N2",
"pos": [
"adj-i"
],
"jmdict_id": 1610630,
"other_forms": [
"思い掛けない"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "彼は全く思いがけなく着いた。",
"furigana": "{彼|かれ}は{全|まった}く{思|おも}いがけなく{着|つ}いた。",
"en": "He arrived quite out of the blue.",
"tatoeba_id": 102952
},
{
"ja": "彼に会うとは思いがけなかった。",
"furigana": "{彼|かれ}に{会|あ}うとは{思|おも}いがけなかった。",
"en": "He was the last person I expected to see.",
"tatoeba_id": 118654
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "d843a831721851d5920f072f604b5b48f9e8db44b51bec3c123aaa3fd98335d7",
"meanings": [
"意外",
"没想到"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "彼は全く思いがけなく着いた。",
"zh": "他完全出乎意料地到了。"
},
{
"ja": "彼に会うとは思いがけなかった。",
"zh": "没想到会遇见他。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n2/8fda5b92a3",
"JMdict ent_seq 1610630; 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": "6484201628b7076491bb48e5014856dcb8783e97f8892976c98c3b7b099f0878"
}
}