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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

意い外がい

N3
いがい igai
  1. unexpected
  2. surprising
な-adjectiveadverb (〜と)noun

Chinese meanings

意外;出乎意料

Examples

  • 君きみにここで会あうのは全まったく意い外がいだ。
    It is quite a surprise to see you here.
    在这里遇到你真是意外。
  • 問もん題だいは意い外がいにやさしかったよ。
    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"
  }
}