偶然（ぐうぜん）
JLPT N2 · noun
Pitch accent: heiban (flat) — starts low, then stays high with no drop
Meaning: coincidence / by chance
Example sentences
- 駅で偶然、昔の友達に会った。 — I happened to run into an old friend at the station.
- その発見はまったくの偶然だった。 — That discovery was purely coincidental.
Antonyms
- 必然 (ひつぜん) — inevitability / necessity
Related words
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