I Love Kanji意外 (igai)
意外 (いがい, igai) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “unexpected; surprising”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- いがい
- Romaji
- igai
- Word class
- な-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- unexpected; surprising; unanticipated; strange; unforeseen · な-adjective, adverb (taking と), noun · oft. ～と adverbially
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 意外
な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present (plain) | 意外だ | いがいだ igaida |
| Present (polite) | 意外です | いがいです igaidesu |
| Negative | 意外じゃない | いがいじゃない igaijanai |
| Past | 意外だった | いがいだった igaidatta |
| Negative past | 意外じゃなかった | いがいじゃなかった igaijanakatta |
| Te-form | 意外で | いがいで igaide |
| Before a noun | 意外な | いがいな igaina |
| Adverb (~ni) | 意外に | いがいに igaini |
Kanji in 意外
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 意外.
意味いみmeaning意見いけんopinion注意ちゅういattention用意よういpreparation意思いしintention意志いしwill意識いしきconsciousness敬意けいいrespect意地いじstubbornness得意とくいsatisfaction意地悪いじわるmalicious意いfeelings意義いぎmeaning生意気なまいきimpertinent
Source: JMdict entry 1156410 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.