THE WORD · N3
たまたま
by chance
Adverbe
彼はたまたまそこにいた。
He came here by chance.
Example: Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Japanese: bunbuku · French : Micsmithel
Parts of speech
Adverbe
The dictionary may associate several parts of speech with different meanings of the same word.
Other written forms: 偶々
Close or Related Words
Dictionary references: they are not necessarily synonyms.
- 偶に — occasionally; rarely Source
English dictionary meanings
- by chance
- by accident
- accidentally
- happen to (be, do)
- unexpectedly
- casually
- occasionally
- once in a while
- now and then