そういうことは計画的というよりむしろ偶然に起こることがしばしばある。

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English Translation

Such things often happen by accident rather than by design.

Furigana

そういうことは計画的(けいかくてき)というよりむしろ偶然(ぐうぜん)に起(お)こることがしばしばある。

Romanji

Sōiu koto wa keikakuteki to iu yori mushiro gūzen ni okoru koto ga shibashiba aru.

Words

そう言う (そういう、そうゆう)

such; like that; that sort of; very

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

計画的 (けいかくてき)

planned; scheduled; systematic

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

結う (ゆう、いう)

to do up (hair); to braid; to fasten; to fix

より (より)

than; from; out of; since; at; on; except; but; other than; more

寧ろ (むしろ)

rather; better; instead

偶然 (ぐうぜん)

(by) chance; unexpectedly; suddenly; accident; fortuity; by coincidence

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

起こる (おこる)

to occur; to happen

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

しばしば (しばしば、シバシバ、しぱしぱ、シパシパ)

(blinking) repeatedly

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about