偶爾

Japanese

Etymology

From 偶 (gū, “by chance”) + 爾 (ji, “situation”)

Adjective

偶爾 (なり-nari inflection, hiragana ぐうじ, romaji gūji)

• Nari Declension (ナリ活用)

1. By accident; by chance.
   • 1911, Inazō Nitobe, Shūyō (修養, Cultivation of the mind)

     これは自分の専門学の余暇に、ただ偶爾の随感随想を述べたるに過ぎざれば、...

     Kore wa jibun no senmon-gaku no yoka ni, tada gūji no zuikan-zuisō o nobetaru-ni sugizareba, ...

偶爾 (たり-tari inflection, hiragana ぐうじ, romaji gūji)

• Tari Declension (タリ活用)

1. By accident; by chance.

Mandarin

Adverb

偶爾 (traditional, Pinyin ǒu'ěr or ǒu'ér, simplified 偶尔)

1. now and then; sometimes

   我偶爾去健身房。

   wǒ ǒuěr qù jiànshēnfáng

   Every now and then I go to the gym.