案外

Reading

Kana: あんがい

Romaji: angai

Kana

Romaji

Definition

unexpectedly

Kanji

案

Readings: アン、つくえ

Meanings: plan, suggestion, draft, ponder, fear, proposition, idea, expectation, worry, table, bench

外

Readings: ガイ、ゲ、そと、ほか、はず.す、はず.れる、と-

Meaning: outside

Example Sentences

案外(あんがい)、この本(ほん)は読(よ)みやすいね。

➥This book is surprisingly easy to read, isn't it?

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あの人(ひと)は案外(あんがい)いい人(じん)かもしれない。

➥He may be a good man for all I know.

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ピクニックは案外(あんがい)つまらなかった。

➥The picnic was a disappointment.

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いけすかないボスだけど、仕事(しごと)の悩(なや)みを相談(そうだん)したら案外(あんがい)、窮鳥(きゅうちょう)懐(ふところ)に入(はい)れば猟師(りょうし)も殺(ころ)さず、てなことになるかもね。

➥The boss is hard to get along with. But if I try to talk to him about problems I have at work he might have a little heart. Even a hunter can't kill a bird who flies to him for protection.

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