思いきや – Vocabulary details

思おもいきや

Expression

1. contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...

また沈しずむかと思おもいきや、今こん度どはきちんと水すい面めんに浮うかんで止とまる。Just when I thought it would sink again, this time it properly floated on the surface and stopped.

think (that something is true)

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thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love

驚おどろくかと思おもいきや冷れい静せいですね。

I thought you would be surprised, but you are calm.

もっと大おお騒さわぎするかと思おもいきや意い外がいに冷れい静せいな反はん応のうである。

I thought there would be a bigger uproar, but the reaction is surprisingly calm.

私わたしの方ほうへ来くるのかと思おもいきや、兄あにの方ほうへと寄よって行いく。

I thought he was coming toward me, but he went over to my older brother instead.

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