Coincidence, by chance in Japanese 🇯🇵

ぐうぜん info.

ぐうぜん (guuzen)

### Tips to Remember
– Mnemonic: Visualize a goose (ぐう – guu) visiting a zen (ぜん – zen) temple by accident. "Guu" (goose) and "zen" (temple) sticking together can help to recall the word for "coincidence" or "by chance".
– Kanji: 偶然 – Notice that the first character 偶 (ぐう – guu) often means "by chance" or "accidentally", and 然 (ぜん – zen) can relate to "nature" or "like".

### Explanations
– Meaning: ぐうぜん means "coincidence" or "by chance," referring to events that happen without any apparent planning or intention.

### Other Words That Mean the Same Thing
– 偶発 (ぐうはつ – guuhatsu): Means something incidental or accidental.
– 予定外 (よていがい – yoteigai): Means something unexpected, outside of plans.

### Alternate Meanings
– Slang Usage: It doesn't have much slang usage but can be casually used to express unexpected events.

### Examples of Sentences
1. 偶然駅で彼に会った。
ぐうぜん えき で かれ に あった。
guuzen eki de kare ni atta.
(I met him at the station by chance.)

2. それはただの偶然だった。
それは ただ の ぐうぜん だった。
sore wa tada no guuzen datta.
(It was just a coincidence.)

3. 偶然にも同じ服を着ていた。
ぐうぜん にも おなじ ふく を きていた。
guuzen nimo onaji fuku o kiteita.
(By coincidence, we were wearing the same clothes.)

4. 彼がここにいるのは偶然じゃない。
かれ が ここ に いる の は ぐうぜん じゃない。
kare ga koko ni iru no wa guuzen janai.
(It's not a coincidence that he's here.)

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