N3466/1669

意い外がい

な adjectiveadjective (generic)adverb taking the と particlenounnoun (generic)

いがい

unexpected, surprising

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Example sentences

彼女かのじょの答こたえは意外いがいだった。

Her answer was unexpected.

意外いがいと早はやく終おわったね。

It ended surprisingly quickly, didn't it?

彼かれが遅刻ちこくするなんて意外いがいだね。

It's surprising that he would be late.

その映画えいがの結末けつまつは意外いがいな展開てんかいだった。

The ending of that movie had an unexpected twist.

彼女かのじょがそんなに料理りょうり上手じょうずだとは意外いがいにも思おもわなかった。

I never would have thought she was such a good cook — it was quite a surprise.

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

fruit, nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content, substance

joint, knuckle; tune, melody; node (of a plant stem), joint, knot (in wood), knob; (notable) point, part; node

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floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

fruit, nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content, substance

joint, knuckle; tune, melody; node (of a plant stem), joint, knot (in wood), knob; (notable) point, part; node

sentence; composition, text, writings; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts), academia, literature; statement

price, cost; value, worth, merit

elephant (Elephantidae spp.)