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思いがけない

unexpected


The word:

Closer look at the kanji:

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思いがけない
omoi gakenai
unexpected

思い omoi think, a thought
がけない gakenai catch, hang



手掛かり te gakari - clue, trail [A]
腰掛け koshi kake - seat, bench [A]
片思い kata omoi - unrequited love [B]



SUGGESTED USAGE:

思いがけないことに、ドラキュラはにんにくサンドウィッチを注文しました。
omoigakenai koto ni, dorakyura wa ninniku sandouicchi o chuumon shimashita

In an unexpected move, Dracula ordered a garlic sandwich.

ABOUT SUGGESTED USAGE:

こと koto - thing, matter
ドラキュラ dorakyura - Dracula
にんにく nin niku - garlic (vampires do not like garlic)
サンドウィッチ sandowicchi - sandwich
注文 chuu mon - order (at a shop...)


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hi

i just want to know what is the engelish word of kankenai de sho.... coz my friend keep on saying me that.... im asking him he said he don't understand to.... i'm so curious whats that....

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関係ないでしょう?

関係ないでしょう?(Kankei nai deshou?) is like "It doesn't really matter." Like it's not of importance.

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