Grow with Kitty

いがいに

意外に

igaini

less common

English

unexpectedly

नेपाली

अप्रत्याशित रूपमा

Examples

  1. この店みせは意外いがいに安やすいです。

    This store is surprisingly cheap.

  2. 見みた目めに反はんして、意外いがいに重おもい荷物にもつでした。

    Despite how it looked, the bag was surprisingly heavy.

  3. 調査ちょうさによると、女性じょせいのみならず男性だんせいにも意外いがいに人気にんきがあります。

    According to the survey, it's surprisingly popular not only with women but also with men.

How to write it

Stroke order for each kanji — tap replay to watch again.

意 13 strokes
外 5 strokes

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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