LingakuFrequency rank: 2,041.
- coincidence; chance; accident; fortuityantonym: 必然
- by chance; unexpectedly; accidentally
- contingencyphilosophy
noun (common) (futsuumeishi); adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
adverb (fukushi)
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Forms
Generated definitions (experimental)
- coincidence; chance; accident; fortuity
- by chance; unexpectedly; accidentally
- contingency
This meaning relates to events that happen unexpectedly or without intentional planning, highlighting the randomness of occurrences in life.
This meaning emphasizes the unforeseen nature of an event, suggesting that something occurred without a deliberate intention.
This meaning refers to a situation that may occur depending on certain conditions or circumstances, often indicating unpredictability.
Generated collocations (experimental)
ぐうぜん偶然にであう出会うto meet by chanceぐうぜんのいっち偶然の一致coincidenceぐうぜん偶然のできごと出来事an accidental eventぐうぜん偶然のはっけん発見serendipitous discoveryぐうぜんせい偶然性contingencyぐうぜん偶然のであい出会いchance encounterぐうぜん偶然をよそおう装うto pretend it’s just coincidenceぐうぜんが偶然がかさなる重なるto coincide by chanceぐうぜん偶然におこる起こるto happen unexpectedlyぐうぜん偶然のようそ要素element of chance
Wiktionary definitions (experimental)
- おもい思いがけないことがおこる起こること．.
- しかる然るに、ふこう不幸なぐうぜんが偶然がこの此のときまた時又わたくし私をおそった襲ったのです．.きごう（はまお浜尾しろう四郎
- このようなるいじ類似なしけい詩形がしょしょ諸所にあるのはぐうぜんのいっち偶然の一致かもしれない知れない．.きごう（てらだ寺田とらひこ寅彦
- せいこう成功いたされた致されたけれど、まったく、ぐうぜん偶然のせいこう成功ですよ．.きごう（さかぐち坂口あんご安吾
- きせき奇蹟てき的にたすかった助かったのも、ぐうぜん偶然ではなかったのかもしれない．.きごう（はら原たみき民喜
- おもい思いがけないことがおこる起こるさま．.
- はやかわ早川たつきち辰吉がやすやをころした殺したとすればあまりに余りにぐうぜん偶然すぎます．.きごう（はまお浜尾しろう四郎
- ところがぐうぜん偶然なるてがかり手掛りがあって、いま今わたくし私はそのげんゆ原由をみいだそう見出そうとしている．.きごう（やなぎだ柳田くにお國男
- そこはぐうぜん偶然にもいぜん以前すんだ住んだことのあるまち町にちかかった近かった．.きごう（かじい梶井もとじろう基次郎
- おもい思いがけないことがおこる起こるさま．.
Example sentences
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She came across some old documents in the closet.
She ran across her old friend while walking in the park.
It is no accident that she won the first prize.
It happened that he appeared when she couldn't decide which way to go.
He came across some old documents in the closet.
He came across his old friend while walking in the park.
He chanced on a rare book at a second-hand bookstore.