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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

案あん外がい

N2
あんがい angai
  1. unexpectedly
adverbadverb (〜と)

Chinese meanings

出乎意料;意外地

Examples

  • ピクニックは案あん外がいつまらなかった。
    The picnic was a disappointment.
    野餐出乎意料地无聊。
  • あの人ひとは案あん外がいいい人ひとかもしれない。
    He may be a good man for all I know.
    那个人也许意外地不错。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('96370a1ce3'); // 案外
{
  "id": "96370a1ce3",
  "word": "案外",
  "reading": "あんがい",
  "romaji": "angai",
  "meanings": [
    "unexpectedly"
  ],
  "level": "N2",
  "pos": [
    "adv",
    "adv-to"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1154820,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "ピクニックは案外つまらなかった。",
      "furigana": "ピクニックは{案外|あんがい}つまらなかった。",
      "en": "The picnic was a disappointment.",
      "tatoeba_id": 197622
    },
    {
      "ja": "あの人は案外いい人かもしれない。",
      "furigana": "あの{人|ひと}は{案外|あんがい}いい{人|ひと}かもしれない。",
      "en": "He may be a good man for all I know.",
      "tatoeba_id": 230731
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "0df50e6a07730e584b4ea7f7fac72b1d8883c39314b5267023a18c579846c0bb",
    "meanings": [
      "出乎意料",
      "意外地"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "ピクニックは案外つまらなかった。",
        "zh": "野餐出乎意料地无聊。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "あの人は案外いい人かもしれない。",
        "zh": "那个人也许意外地不错。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n2/96370a1ce3",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1154820; 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": "933ca6ce0fc5f8237b94dd6f466502e14584d2ade44a4e72ac5e8778837297ab"
  }
}