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ひょんな

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Kana: ひょんな
Romaji: hyonna
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Definition

1

strange; unexpected; (by) chance; unusual; curious

See also: 思いがけない

Example Sentences

昨日(きのう)、ひょんなことで父親(ちちおや)戸籍(こせき)抄本(しょうほん)のコピーを()てしまいました。
➥Yesterday I stumbled across a copy of my father's family register.
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(いま)(わたし)のだんなさんとなった(かれ)とはメールで()()い、ひょんなことで()()うようになってから1ヶ(かげつ)もしないうちにあれよあれよと(わたし)たちは結婚(けっこん)する決心(けっしん)をしました。
➥I came to know the man who is now my husband through e-mail; from an acquaintanceship started in that odd way before a month had passed we found ourselves resolving to get married.
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ひょんなことからほんとうのことがわかったんだ、ほとんど()()きかけたときに。
➥I tumbled on the truth by the merest accident, when I'd pretty nearly chucked the whole job.
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