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思いがけない is an exact match with one form of the following word:
思いがけない
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Reading : おもいがけない   
unexpected; contrary to expectations; by chance; casual
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 10 (among the 100,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 38,347 which gives a rank of 45,267
思いがけない is the most useful form. 2 additional forms are shown below.
• This form is used about 40% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 79,000 (about 3,460,000 results)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 4241 (see iKnow! collections)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 46 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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Example sentences:
わたし
まった
おも
いがけなく
かれ
であ
出会
った

I met him quite unexpectedly.
かれ
まった
おも
いがけなく
いた

He arrived quite out of the blue.
かれ
おも
いがけない
できごと
出来事
だった
His death was a bolt from the blue.
思い掛けない
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Reading : おもいがけない   
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• This form is used about 50% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 72,000 (about 4,300,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N2 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
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思い掛け無い
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Reading : おもいがけない   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 146,000 (about 586,000 results)
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シ   おも to think   
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シン   こころ heart   
デン   た rice field   
hanging   かかる to be hanging, to cost, to take   かける to hang up, to spend, to multiply   -がかり person in charge   
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hand
divining rod
ケイ    jewel; corner   
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ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
ム   ブ   な not   
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