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たまたま

N3
tamatama
  1. casually
  2. unexpectedly
  3. accidentally
  4. by chance
adverb

Also written 偶々

Chinese meanings

偶然;碰巧

Examples

  • 通とおりを歩あるいていたとき、私わたしはたまたま旧きゅう友ゆうに出で会あった。
    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。
  • 私わたしはたまたま駅えきで先せん生せいに出で会あった。
    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"
  }
}