意外
N3いがい igai
- unexpected
- surprising
な-adjectiveadverb (〜と)noun
Chinese meanings
意外;出乎意料
Examples
- 君にここで会うのは全く意外だ。It is quite a surprise to see you here.在这里遇到你真是意外。
- 問題は意外にやさしかったよ。I found the problem easier than I had expected.题目出乎意料地简单。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('a812d7a958'); // 意外
{
"id": "a812d7a958",
"word": "意外",
"reading": "いがい",
"romaji": "igai",
"meanings": [
"unexpected",
"surprising"
],
"level": "N3",
"pos": [
"adj-na",
"adv-to",
"n"
],
"jmdict_id": 1156410,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "君にここで会うのは全く意外だ。",
"furigana": "{君|きみ}にここで{会|あ}うのは{全|まった}く{意外|いがい}だ。",
"en": "It is quite a surprise to see you here.",
"tatoeba_id": 178712
},
{
"ja": "問題は意外にやさしかったよ。",
"furigana": "{問題|もんだい}は{意外|いがい}にやさしかったよ。",
"en": "I found the problem easier than I had expected.",
"tatoeba_id": 79836
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "486a9b90003e56546e659e39b8adc56d8fb23609183171b9e469f78a80da5019",
"meanings": [
"意外",
"出乎意料"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "君にここで会うのは全く意外だ。",
"zh": "在这里遇到你真是意外。"
},
{
"ja": "問題は意外にやさしかったよ。",
"zh": "题目出乎意料地简单。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n3/a812d7a958",
"JMdict_e.gz, ent_seq 1156410",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "7460590eaa92613bb8ccd200929e4a28d91620f1bc6c443b1a1b4081aef1b661"
}
}