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案あん外がい

adverbadverb taking the と particleな adjectiveadjective (generic)

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あんがい

Meanings

unexpectedly, surprisingly
unexpected, unanticipated, unforeseen, surprising

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Example sentences

この映画えいがは案外あんがい面白おもしろかった。

This movie was surprisingly interesting.

試験しけんは案外あんがい簡単かんたんだったので、すぐに終おわった。

The exam was unexpectedly easy, so I finished it quickly.

彼女かのじょは案外あんがい料理りょうりが上手じょうずだということがわかった。

I found out that she is surprisingly good at cooking.

その仕事しごとは案外あんがい時間じかんがかかるものだ。

That work takes unexpectedly a lot of time.

新あたらしい環境かんきょうへの適応てきおうは、案外あんがいスムーズに進すすんだと言いえるだろう。

It could be said that the adaptation to the new environment proceeded surprisingly smoothly.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)