I Love Kanji思い掛けない (omoigakenai)
思い掛けない (おもいがけない, omoigakenai) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “unexpected; contrary to expectations”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- おもいがけない
- Romaji
- omoigakenai
- Word class
- い-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- unexpected; contrary to expectations; by chance; casual · い-adjective
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 思い掛けない
い-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present | 思い掛けない | おもいがけない omoigakenai |
| Negative | 思い掛けなくない | おもいがけなくない omoigakenakunai |
| Past | 思い掛けなかった | おもいがけなかった omoigakenakatta |
| Negative past | 思い掛けなくなかった | おもいがけなくなかった omoigakenakunakatta |
| Te-form | 思い掛けなくて | おもいがけなくて omoigakenakute |
| Adverb (~ku) | 思い掛けなく | おもいがけなく omoigakenaku |
| Conditional (~ba) | 思い掛けなければ | おもいがけなければ omoigakenakereba |
Kanji in 思い掛けない
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 思い掛けない.
思うおもうto think思い出すおもいだすto recall思想しそうthought意思いしintention思い出おもいでmemories思わずおもわずunconsciously不思議ふしぎwonderful思い付くおもいつくto think of思い切りおもいきりto one's heart's content思い込むおもいこむto be convinced (that)思いっ切りおもいっきりto one's heart's content思いっきりおもいっきりto one's heart's content思考しこうthought思い付きおもいつきidea
Source: JMdict entry 1610630 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.