意外 (いがい): unexpected, surprising — Japanese vocabulary
意外 is read いがい and means "unexpected, surprising". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.
意外
- Reading
- いがい · igai
- Translation
- unexpected, surprising
- Level
- JLPT N3
- Pitch accent
- いがいがいがいが
Example
昨日のけんかを気にしてるの？意外にナイーブなのね。
きのうのけんかをきにしてるの？いがいにナイーブなのね。
Are you still letting last night's fight bother you? That's so naive.
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