the accidental nature (of);〔哲学〕contingency
- 偶然の出会い
- 「an accidental [a chance] meeting
- 不思議な偶然の一致で
- by a strange coincidence
- 彼に空港で会ったのは全くの偶然だった
- It was purely by chance [accident] that I met him at the airport.
- 偶然にも彼らは現場にいた
- They happened [chanced] to be on the spot.
- 偶然ある考えが浮かんだ
- An idea 「crossed my mind [occurred to me].
- 彼は答が一致したのは偶然だと強調した
- He emphasized the accidental nature of the correspondence between the two answers.