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意外

意外

Chinese

 
idea; meaning; wish; desire; (abbr.) Italy
 
outside; in addition; foreign; external
simp. and trad.
(意外)
Literally: “beyond anticipations”.

Adjective

意外

  1. unexpected; unforeseen; surprising
    意外事件   yìwài shìjiàn   unexpected mishap

Noun

意外

  1. accident; mishap

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • 令人意外
  • 出乎意外
  • 出人意外
  • 出意外

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
がい
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Adjectival noun

意外 (-na inflection, hiragana いがい, romaji igai)

  1. surprising, unexpected
    意外 (いがい)だね。
    Igai da ne.
    You don't say.
     (きみ)にここで ()うのは (まった)意外 (いがい)だ。
    Kimi ni koko de au no wa mattaku igai da.
    It's really unexpected to meet you here.

Synonyms

  • 予想外
  • 想定外

Antonyms

  • 織り込み済み
  • 予想内
  • 想定内

Inflection

Noun

意外 (hiragana いがい, romaji igai)

  1. unexpectedness

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

意外 (uioe) (hangeul 의외)

  1. Hanja form? of 의외, “unexpected, surprising”.