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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

意い表ひょう

ihyou

something unexpected

Usually used in 意表を突く, meaning to surprise someone. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 君きみはみんなの意表いひょうをついたね。

    You surprised everybody.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 桶狭間おけはざまの戦たたかいに代表だいひょうされるような敵てきの意表いひょうをつき寡兵かへいで大軍たいぐんを破やぶろうとする策さくはあまり取とらなかった。

    He did not often use such tactics to attack suddenly and defeat a large army with just a few soldiers as in the battle of Okehazama.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. その一方いっぽうで、彼かれは絵画かいが・建築けんちく・和歌わかなど多岐たきにわたる芸術的才能げいじゅつてきさいのうに恵めぐまれ、ユニークな発想はっそうに基もとづく創造そうぞうはたびたび人ひとの意表いひょうを突ついた。

    At the same time, he was gifted in a wide range of arts, including painting, architecture and waka poetry, and his creations, born of original ideas, often took people by surprise.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 意表

  • 意idea; mindOnイ
  • 表surface; tableOnヒョウKunおもて・あらわす・あらわれる

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