思わず (おもわず): meaning and examples

Key takeaways

思わず (おもわず) means unintentional / spontaneous.

See example sentences below.

思わず at a glance

思わず

おもわずomowazu

N3adv

unintentional / spontaneous

思わずおもわずomowazuN3Japanese vocabulary

Core meaning

unintentional / spontaneous

Example 1

思わず声を出して笑った。

Translation

I laughed out loud spontaneously.

Example 2

その言葉に思わずびっくりした。

Translation

I was unintentionally surprised by those words.