表層形
思いのほか
オモイノホカ
副詞
思いのほか (オモイノホカ)
Omoinohoka · おもいのほか — unexpectedly, surprisingly
Other ways to say “unexpectedly” in Japanese →
思いのほか in rōmaji: omoinohoka.
副詞
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Updated: 2026年8月12日
📖 Grammar Information
| 表層形 (Surface) |
思いのほか
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| 見出し語 (Lemma) |
思いの外
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| 読み (Reading) |
オモイノホカ
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| 品詞 (POS) |
副詞・*・*・*
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| 活用型 (Conj. Type) |
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| 活用形 (Conj. Form) |
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| 表記 (Orthography) |
思いのほか
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| 読み・基本形 |
オモイノホカ
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| 表記・基本形 |
思いのほか
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| 見出し語の読み |
オモイノホカ
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💡 English Meaning
思いのほか means “unexpectedly, surprisingly” — full definition & examples →
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オモイノホカ
Lemma: 思いの外
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The surface form (思いのほか) is the exact text as it appeared in the corpus — it may be conjugated or inflected. The lemma (思いの外) is the dictionary base form. For example, 食べた (surface) has the lemma 食べる.
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