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N3na-adjective
✨Attributes & Adjectives
意外
igai
unexpected, surprising
Example sentence
問題は意外にやさしかったよ。
I found the problem easier than I had expected.
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Words with the same kanji
| Word | JLPT | Reading | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 外国 | N5 | がいこく | がいこくforeign country; abroad | |
| 意味 | N5 | いみ | いみmeaning, significance | |
| 外 | N5 | そと | そとoutside / exterior (physical outside; e.g. 外[そと]に出る[でる] = go outside) | |
| 外 | N5 | ほか | ほかother / the rest (e.g. 他[ほか]に何[なに]か？ = anything else?) | |
| 外国人 | N5 | がいこくじん | がいこくじんforeigner | |
| 注意 | N4 | ちゅうい | ちゅういcaution, attention | |
| 用意 | N4 | ようい | よういpreparation | |
| 意見 | N4 | いけん | いけんopinion, view, idea |
More Attributes & Adjectives words
| Word | Reading | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 小 | しょう | しょうsmall / little (used in compounds; e.g. 小学校[しょうがっこう] = elementary school) | |
| 良い | よい | よいgood, nice | |
| 大 | だい | だいbig, great | |
| 上 | じょう | じょうfirst volume; top grade; the above (e.g. 上巻[じょうかん] = vol.1, 上級[じょうきゅう] = advanced) | |
| 上 | うわ | うわupper, outer, surface | |
| 上 | かみ | かみupper part, upstream, higher-ups (e.g. 川上[かわかみ] = upstream, 上座[かみざ] = seat of honor) | |
| 可能 | かのう | かのうpossible, practicable, feasible | |
| 最高 | さいこう | さいこうhighest, supreme, the most |
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