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ぐうぜん 【偶然 】名詞 (a ) chance ; 〖偶然の出来事 〗an accident ; 〖偶然の一致 〗(a ) co í ncidence .▸ 彼のアメリカ発見はまったく [ほんの ]偶然だった His discovery of America was a sheer [a mere ] chance .His discovery of America was quite an accident . (!強調構文を用いて It was by sheer chance [quite by chance ] that he discovered America. のようにもいえる （⇨副 ）) ▸ 2人が同じバスに乗り合わせたのは単なる偶然 (の一致 )だった It was just [quite ] a coincidence that the two were on the same bus . (!It was sheer [pure ] coincidence that … ともいえる ) By sheer coincidence , the two were on the same bus .会話 ▸ 「今夜そのコンサートへ行くんだ 」「私もよ. 偶然ね 」“I'm going to go to the concert tonight .” “So am I [｟話 ｠ Me, too ]. What a coincidence !”偶然の 形容詞 à ccid é ntal ; chance ; casual . (!以上3語のうち叙述的にも用いられるのは accidental のみ ) ▸ 偶然の死 accidental death .▸ 偶然の出会い an accidental [a chance , a casual ] meeting .▸ 彼らの出会いは偶然だった Their meeting was accidental [╳chance, ╳casual ].偶然 (に )副詞 by chance ; accidentally, by accident .▸ 私は京都で偶然彼女に出会った I met her in Kyoto by chance [accident ].I happened [｟書 ｠ chanced ] to meet her in Kyoto .｟話 ｠I ran into [came across ] her in Kyoto .▸ 彼は通りで偶然財布を見つけた He found a wallet on the street by chance [accident ]. (!偶然性を含み持つ動詞は happen とともには用いないので ╳He happened to find …. は不可 )