いがい
Meanings
Adverb
Adjective (な)
Noun
1. unexpected; surprising
Pitch accent
がい
がい
Composed of
feelings; thoughts; meaning
outside of; not covered by
Used in vocabulary (1 in total)
unpredictability; element of surprise
Examples (13 in total)
That's surprising.
Were the results surprising?
This is certainly surprising.
Unexpected results were announced.
It was surprising that she said that.
This film was surprisingly interesting.
His English was surprisingly good.
My intuition is surprisingly accurate.
It may be an unexpectedly interesting combination.
They exulted in their unexpected success.
When I first met him, I was taken aback by his unexpected question.
He found an unexpected way to deal with the problem.
Hanako turned out to be a surprisingly nice person.