たまたま
N3 tamatama
- casually
- unexpectedly
- accidentally
- by chance
adverb
Also written 偶々
Chinese meanings
偶然;碰巧
Examples
- 通りを歩いていたとき、私はたまたま旧友に出会った。Walking along the street, I happened to meet my old friend.走在街上时,我碰巧遇到了老朋友。
- 私はたまたま駅で先生に出会った。It happened that I saw my teacher at the station.我碰巧在车站遇到了老师。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('086ada9b06'); // たまたま
{
"id": "086ada9b06",
"word": "たまたま",
"reading": "たまたま",
"romaji": "tamatama",
"meanings": [
"casually",
"unexpectedly",
"accidentally",
"by chance"
],
"level": "N3",
"pos": [
"adv"
],
"jmdict_id": 1597180,
"other_forms": [
"偶々"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "通りを歩いていたとき、私はたまたま旧友に出会った。",
"furigana": "{通|とお}りを{歩|ある}いていたとき、{私|わたし}はたまたま{旧友|きゅうゆう}に{出会|であ}った。",
"en": "Walking along the street, I happened to meet my old friend.",
"tatoeba_id": 125599
},
{
"ja": "私はたまたま駅で先生に出会った。",
"furigana": "{私|わたし}はたまたま{駅|えき}で{先生|せんせい}に{出会|であ}った。",
"en": "It happened that I saw my teacher at the station.",
"tatoeba_id": 159541
}
],
"zh": {
"source_hash": "ae871fb938ca8a1574b0566385357b9b9d91c62866d443b5937a5337fad502ff",
"meanings": [
"偶然",
"碰巧"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "通りを歩いていたとき、私はたまたま旧友に出会った。",
"zh": "走在街上时,我碰巧遇到了老朋友。"
},
{
"ja": "私はたまたま駅で先生に出会った。",
"zh": "我碰巧在车站遇到了老师。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n3/086ada9b06",
"JMdict ent_seq 1597180; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"review_hash": "7df5a2450e7dbd32d4821c7e05589771027a22727a52cc711ff30378be1fdd97",
"status": "reviewed",
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
}
}