意外と (いがいと) — unexpectedly, surprisingly

意い外がいと unexpectedly

Frequency #3246 Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common. Grade 3 3 characters 漢語 kango 漢語 (kango) — Sino-Japanese compound: all kanji use on'yomi (Chinese-derived) readings. Part of speech unclassified

igaito

いがいと

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Meanings

unexpectedly
surprisingly

Kanji UsedColors show the reading used in this word: blue = on’yomi (Chinese-derived), green = kun’yomi (native Japanese), purple = nanori (name readings), amber = jukujikun (whole-word readings). Uncolored tiles have no identified reading type.

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Words with 意 (24)

意(い)見(けん) iken opinion 意(い)味(み) imi meaning 意(い)識(しき) ishiki consciousness 注(ちゅう)意(い) chuui attention 用(よう)意(い) youi preparation 意(い)思(し) ishi intention 合(ごう)意(い) goui agreement 意(い)図(と) ito intention

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Words with 外 (24)

以(い)外(がい) igai except 外(そと) soto outside 外(がい)国(こく) gaikoku foreign country 外(がい)交(こう) gaikou diplomacy 海(かい)外(がい) kaigai overseas 意(い)外(がい) igai unexpected 外(がい)部(ぶ) gaibu exterior 例(れい)外(がい) reigai exception

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Kanji UsedColors show the reading used in this word: blue = on’yomi (Chinese-derived), green = kun’yomi (native Japanese), purple = nanori (name readings), amber = jukujikun (whole-word readings). Uncolored tiles have no identified reading type.

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Words with 意 (24)

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