偶発|ぐうはつguuhatsu[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. suru verb, intransitive verb, no-adjectivesudden outbreak; accidental; incidental
Conjugation
Dictionary form偶発する(ぐうはつする)
Polite (masu)偶発します(ぐうはつします)
Negative (nai)偶発しない(ぐうはつしない)
polite (masen)偶発しません(ぐうはつしません)
classical zu / nu偶発せず・偶発せぬ(ぐうはつせず・ぐうはつせぬ)
Past (ta)偶発した(ぐうはつした)
polite (mashita)偶発しました(ぐうはつしました)
Past negative (nakatta)偶発しなかった(ぐうはつしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)偶発しませんでした(ぐうはつしませんでした)
Te form偶発して(ぐうはつして)
Potential偶発できる(ぐうはつできる)
Passive偶発される(ぐうはつされる)
Causative偶発させる(ぐうはつさせる)
Causative passive偶発させられる(ぐうはつさせられる)
Conditional (ba)偶発すれば(ぐうはつすれば)
tara偶発したら(ぐうはつしたら)
Volitional偶発しよう(ぐうはつしよう)
polite (mashou)偶発しましょう(ぐうはつしましょう)
Imperative偶発しろ(ぐうはつしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym生じるしょうじるNeutralBroadly used for producing or arising; unlike 「偶発」 it carries no sense of happening by chance.
  • Synonym生起せいきWrittenWritten/formal prose word for phenomena or events occurring; academic in flavor, and it does not stress chance.
  • Antonym必然ひつぜんNeutralAntonym: inevitability or necessity; the opposite of 「偶発」, which describes what happens by chance.

Use 「偶発」 for what happens by chance, often in compounds such as 「偶発的」「偶発事故」. For occurrence in general say 「生じる」; in written prose 「生起」. The antonym is 「必然」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 偶然ぐうぜんに起おきること。
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