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Illustration of 偶然

偶然ぐうぜん

ぐうぜん guuzen Play N3 Adverb

思いがけず、偶然に起こるさま。 (by) chance; unexpectedly; suddenly

Example 1

私わたしは道みちで古ふるい友人ゆうじんと偶然ぐうぜん出会であった。

I happened across an old friend in the street.

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Example 2

偶然ぐうぜんその単語たんごにであったわけです。

I just came up with the word.

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Kanji breakdown

偶

N3

accidentally; even number; couple; man & wife; same kind

On reading
グウ
Kun reading
たま
Radical
人

然

N3

sort of thing; so; if so; in that case; well

On reading
ゼン、ネン
Kun reading
しか、しか.り、しか.し、さ
Radical
火
Illustration of 偶

偶

N3

たま

occasional; rare; infrequent

Illustration of 天然
N3

てんねん

nature; spontaneity

Illustration of 突然
N3

とつぜん

abruptly; suddenly; unexpectedly; all at once

Illustration of 自然
N3

しぜん

nature; spontaneous

Illustration of 偶数
N2

ぐうすう

even number