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偶然 [ichi1,news1,nf14] ；遇然 [sK]
【ぐうぜん [ichi1,news1,nf14] 】

[n,adj-na,adj-no]
▶ coincidence
▶ chance
▶ accident
▶ fortuity

Cross references:
	⇔ ant: 1487570 必然 1. inevitable; necessary; certain; sure

[adv]
▶ by chance
▶ unexpectedly
▶ accidentally

[n] {philosophy}
▶ contingency

History:

9.	A 2023-09-15 20:55:15 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
8.	A* 2023-09-15 19:26:27 Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	shinsen: 「遇然」と書くのはあやまり。 Google N-gram Corpus Counts ╭─ーーーー─┬───────────╮ │ 偶然　　 │ 4,911,655 │ │ 遇然　　 │ 683 │ - add, sK │ ぐうぜん │ 19,553 │ ╰─ーーーー─┴───────────╯
	Diff:	@@ -8,0 +9,4 @@ +</k_ele> +<k_ele> +<keb>遇然</keb> +<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
7.	A 2021-05-18 22:10:18 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
	Diff:	@@ -34 +34,2 @@ -<gloss>contingency (philosophy)</gloss> +<field>&phil;</field> +<gloss>contingency</gloss>
6.	A 2018-06-12 11:02:00 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	gg5
	Diff:	@@ -29,0 +30 @@ +<gloss>accidentally</gloss>
5.	A 2017-08-01 03:31:05 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
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4.	A* 2017-07-29 16:01:58 Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	daijr, daijs, meikyo, koj
	Comments:	all have a separate sense for adverb usage. i think this is one of the cases where it makes sense to have both
	Diff:	@@ -20 +20 @@ -<pos>&n-adv;</pos> +<xref type="ant" seq="1487570">必然・1</xref> @@ -26,0 +27,5 @@ +<pos>&adv;</pos> +<gloss>by chance</gloss> +<gloss>unexpectedly</gloss> +</sense> +<sense>
3.	A* 2017-07-29 10:21:51 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	gg5, prog, daijr, koj
	Comments:	I think it makes more sense to go with noun glosses. Added sense.
	Diff:	@@ -16,0 +17 @@ +<pos>&n;</pos> @@ -20,4 +21,2 @@ -<pos>&n;</pos> -<gloss>(by) chance</gloss> -<gloss>unexpectedly</gloss> -<gloss>suddenly</gloss> +<gloss>coincidence</gloss> +<gloss>chance</gloss> @@ -26 +25,4 @@ -<gloss>by coincidence</gloss> +</sense> +<sense> +<pos>&n;</pos> +<gloss>contingency (philosophy)</gloss>
2.	A 2012-07-18 19:29:30 Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
1.	A* 2012-07-17 10:53:42
	Diff:	@@ -26,0 +26,1 @@ +<gloss>by coincidence</gloss>

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