Keyword
occasional
Info
FrequencyTop 1200-1300
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 3
Heisig2105
Readings
ぐう
(94%)
たま
(3%)
(1%)
Composed of
thin person
long-tailed monkey
Mnemonic

Occasionally even a long-tailed monkey looks like a person. If you look from far away. And it's dark. And you've lost your glasses in a ditch.

Used in vocabulary (77 in total)
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
image; idol; statue
accidental; incidental; occasional; casual
spouse; wife; husband; partner
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
wooden figure; wooden doll; puppet; blockhead; good-for-nothing; fool
even number
earthen figure; clay figure; dogū; clay figurines from the late Jōmon period
wooden doll; blockhead; good-for-nothing
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
contingency; fortuity; randomness; unpredictability; haphazardry
sudden outbreak; accidental; incidental
by chance; coincidentally; as it happens
combination; spouse; husband or wife; married couple; husband and wife
pair; couple; contraposition
idolization; idolisation
coincidentally; by chance; unexpectedly; rarely; unusually; seldom
puppet; doll
Artiodactyla; order comprising the even-toed ungulates
accidental quality (philosophy, logic); accidence
once in a while; occasionally; seldom; at long intervals
idolization; idolisation
"goggle-eyed" clay figure; variety of humanoid figurine from the late Jōmon period
contingency; eventuality
iconoclasm; image breaking
even number; even; spouse; mate
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
(philosophical) casualism
artiodactyls; even-toed ungulates
random thoughts
on rare occasions; once in a blue moon
occasional; infrequent; rare
couple (of forces)
having an accident
conversation
odd and even numbers
on rare occasions; once in a blue moon
impromptu poem
contingent cause
sweet words only please a fool; flattery works on puppets and fools
impromptu poem
something accidentally accomplished; two working together
lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
Qing-dynasty system assigning equal numbers of Manchurians and Han Chinese to central government agencies
pair; couple (husband and wife); friend; comrade
Edo period doll
gametogenesis; gamete formation
Cetartiodactyla; order comprising the even-toed ungulates and whales
occasional crime; crime instigated by external circumstances
Examples (103 in total)
That discovery was quite accidental.
It happened completely by accident.
It happened by accident.