Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 予想外(よそうがい) in Japanese

予想外
Kana Reading
よそうがい
Romaji
yosōgai
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
    Meaning
    unexpected; unforeseen; strange
    Example sentence
    予想外の事態に人々は困惑した。 People were bewildered by the unexpected situation.

Examples of 予想外, よそうがい in a sentence

Kanji in this word

想 JLPT 3

13 strokes

concept, think, idea, thought

On'Yomi: ソウ, ソ

Kun'Yomi: おも.う

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予 JLPT 3

4 strokes

beforehand, previous, myself, I

On'Yomi: ヨ, シャ

Kun'Yomi: あらかじ.め

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外 JLPT 5

5 strokes

outside

On'Yomi: ガイ, ゲ

Kun'Yomi: そと, ほか, はず.す, はず.れる, と-

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