Word details

思いがけず

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 思いがけず.

Dictionary

Entry

思いがけずもいがけず思い掛けずAdverbExpressionFreq #17836
1

unexpectedly; surprisingly

Examples
今朝車中で思いがけず彼にあった。
I met him by chance in the train this morning.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

think

9 strokesFrequency 132JLPT N3Grade 2

On

Kun

おも.うおもえら.くおぼ.す

hang, suspend, depend, arrive at, tax, pour

11 strokesFrequency 1,027JLPT N1Grade 8

On

カイケイ

Kun

か.ける-か.けるか.け-か.け-が.けか.かる-か.かる-が.かるか.かり-が.かりかかり-がかり

Nanori

かけ

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