Word · 単語
案外
Reading あんがい
unexpectedly
- 1 unexpectedly, surprisingly
- 2 unexpected, unanticipated, unforeseen, surprising
N3
JLPT
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strokes
#6943
frequency
Not started
Mastered counts as known everywhere (frontier, map, extension) but never appears in the quiz again. New wipes the review history for this item.
例文 · examples
ピクニックは案外つまらなかった。
The picnic was a disappointment.
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.
案外、この本は読みやすいね。
This book is surprisingly easy to read, isn't it?
いけすかないボスだけど、仕事の悩みを相談したら案外、窮鳥懐に入れば猟師も殺さず、てなことになるかもね。
The boss is hard to get along with. But if I try to talk to him about problems I have at work he might have a little heart. Even a hunter can't kill a bird who flies to him for protection.