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思おもいがけない

N2
おもいがけない omoigakenai
  1. unexpected
  2. casual
い-adjective

Also written 思い掛けない

Chinese meanings

意外;没想到

Examples

  • 彼かれは全まったく思おもいがけなく着ついた。
    He arrived quite out of the blue.
    他完全出乎意料地到了。
  • 彼かれに会あうとは思おもいがけなかった。
    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"
  }
}