いがい
Meanings
Adverb
Adjective (な)
Noun
1. unexpected; surprising; unanticipated; strange; unforeseen
oft. ~と adverbially
Her reply was unexpected.
Pitch accent
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Composed of
feelings; thoughts; meaning
outside ...; beyond ...; not included in ...
Used in vocabulary (1 in total)
unexpectedness; unpredictability; tendency to surprise; element of surprise
Examples (45 in total)
Were the results surprising?
That's surprising.
It must have been quite unexpected.
This is certainly surprising.
Unexpected results were announced.
It might actually suit you.
I was surprised at how innocent they turned out to be.
Hanako turned out to be a surprisingly nice person.
Huh, that's an unexpected side of you.
However, I was answered with unexpected words.
It was surprising that she said that.
The inside of the house was surprisingly bright.
The reaction is surprisingly weak.
This film was surprisingly interesting.
Her reply was unexpected.
His English was surprisingly good.
My intuition is surprisingly accurate.
You have surprisingly refined tastes, don't you?
An unexpected rebel appeared.
Surprisingly, it was approved easily.
It seems surprisingly popular with girls.
They exulted in their unexpected success.
I feel like I've seen an unexpected side of them.
Shrugging, my senior voiced an unexpected opinion.
It's interesting how the flavor balance is surprisingly well achieved.
Actually, it requires surprisingly delicate handling.
She's cool, but surprisingly ditzy.
Sato-san is surprisingly popular.
He's surprisingly nice, but selfish.
There are probably more such leaders than one might expect.
It's embarrassing to admit, but I'm surprisingly timid.
I am bewildered by my body's reactions, which are unexpected even to me.
Surprisingly, it seemed that his age was the same as mine.
I had the impression that it was quite heavy, but it was surprisingly light.
An unexpected remark comes out, and I cannot help staring in surprise.
The president jumps at the surprisingly sensible proposal.
I thought there would be a bigger uproar, but the reaction is surprisingly calm.
The inside was surprisingly spacious and cleaner than I had imagined.
I originally intended to finish it quickly, but it has unexpectedly become complicated.
It was unexpected for me too, but I feel that the impression was not bad.
When I first met him, I was taken aback by his unexpected question.
And so, I was told an unexpected story by the young lady.
But its sides are decorated with a floral pattern, and it's surprisingly cute.
He found an unexpected way to deal with the problem.
I answered the door and was a little surprised to find an unexpected visitor.