Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 偶然(ぐうぜん) in Japanese

偶然
JLPT 3
Kana Reading
ぐうぜん
Romaji
gūzen
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no', adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
    Meaning
    (by) chance; unexpectedly; suddenly; accident; fortuity
    Example sentence
    偶然に知っているの。 Coincidentally enough, I know him.

Examples of 偶然, ぐうぜん in a sentence



Kanji in this word

JLPT 3

11 strokes

accidentally, even number, couple, man & wife, same kind

On'Yomi: グウ

Kun'Yomi: たま

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JLPT 3

12 strokes

sort of thing, so, if so, in that case, well

On'Yomi: ゼン, ネン

Kun'Yomi: しか, しか.り, しか.し, さ

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