案外
N2あんがい angai
- unexpectedly
adverbadverb (〜と)
Chinese meanings
出乎意料;意外地
Examples
- ピクニックは案外つまらなかった。The picnic was a disappointment.野餐出乎意料地无聊。
- あの人は案外いい人かもしれない。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"
}
}