Illustration: At the entrance of a Japanese house, a woman crouches to open a plain shoe box taken from a low shelf. Inside, two tiny kittens are curled in the tissue paper, while their mother rests peacefully behind the box.

JLPT N2i-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

思おもいがけない

omoigakenai

unexpected

Example sentences

彼かれは全まったく思おもいがけなく着ついた。
He arrived quite out of the blue.
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彼かれに会あうとは思おもいがけなかった。
He was the last person I expected to see.
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彼かれの死しは思おもいがけない出来事できごとだった。
His death was a bolt from the blue.
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Kanji in 思

思thinkOnシKunおもう・おもえらく・おぼす

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