たまたま

Japanese

Alternative spellings

偶々
偶偶

適ま (obsolete)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) またま [tàmátámá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ta̠ma̠ta̠ma̠]

Adverb

たまたま • (tamatamaたまたま (tamatama)?

  1. unexpectedly, by chance; luckily
    Synonym: 偶然 (gūzen)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN