THE WORD · N3
思わず
without will; spontaneously
Adverbe
思わず笑ってしまった。
I was laughing in spite of myself.
Example: Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Japanese: small_snow · French : hortusdei
Parts of speech
Adverbe
The dictionary may associate several parts of speech with different meanings of the same word.
English dictionary meanings
- unconsciously
- involuntarily
- instinctively
- reflexively
- spontaneously
- unintentionally
- in spite of oneself