JLPT N3 · な-adjective

偶然 (guuzen)

偶然 (ぐうぜん, guuzen) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “coincidence; chance”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ぐうぜん
Romaji: guuzen
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

coincidence; chance; accident; fortuity · noun, な-adjective, noun taking の
by chance; unexpectedly; accidentally · adverb
contingency · noun

Example sentences

私は、偶然旧友に会った。

I met an old friend by chance.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 偶然

な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	偶然だ	ぐうぜんだ guuzenda
Present (polite)	偶然です	ぐうぜんです guuzendesu
Negative	偶然じゃない	ぐうぜんじゃない guuzenjanai
Past	偶然だった	ぐうぜんだった guuzendatta
Negative past	偶然じゃなかった	ぐうぜんじゃなかった guuzenjanakatta
Te-form	偶然で	ぐうぜんで guuzende
Before a noun	偶然な	ぐうぜんな guuzenna
Adverb (~ni)	偶然に	ぐうぜんに guuzenni

Kanji in 偶然

偶

accidentally, even number, coupleグウ・たま · 11 strokes

然

sort of thing, so, if soゼン・ネン・しか・しか.り · 12 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 偶然.

偶々たまたまby chance偶たまoccasional偶数ぐうすうeven number配偶者はいぐうしゃspouse全然ぜんぜん(not) at all自然しぜんnature依然いぜんstill天然てんねんnature突然とつぜんabrupt当然とうぜんnatural自然科学しぜんかがくnatural science公然こうぜんopen断然だんぜんfirmly漠然ばくぜんvague

Source: JMdict entry 1246270 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.