"たまたま" meaning in All languages combined

See たまたま on Wiktionary

Adverb [Japanese]

IPA: [ta̠ma̠ta̠ma̠] Forms: たまたま ^ [canonical], tamatama [romanization], たまたま [hiragana, historical], 偶 [alternative, kanji], 偶々 [alternative, kanji], 偶偶 [alternative, kanji], 適 [alternative, kanji], 適ま [alternative, kanji, obsolete]
Etymology: Reduplication of 偶(たま) (tama, “occasional, rare”). Etymology templates: {{rdp|ja|-}} Reduplication of, {{ja-r|偶|たま|occasional, rare}} 偶(たま) (tama, “occasional, rare”) Head templates: {{ja-pos|adverb|hist=たまたま}} たまたま • (tamatama) ^(←たまたま (tamatama)?)
  1. unexpectedly, by chance; luckily Synonyms: 偶然
    Sense id: en-たまたま-ja-adv-Y41UkgXm Categories (other): Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [Japanese]

IPA: [ta̠ma̠ta̠ma̠] Forms: tamatama [romanization], 玉玉 [alternative, kanji], 玉々 [alternative, kanji]
Etymology: Reduplication of 玉(たま) (tama, “ball”). Etymology templates: {{rdp|ja|-}} Reduplication of, {{ja-r|玉|たま|ball}} 玉(たま) (tama, “ball”) Head templates: {{ja-noun}} たまたま • (tamatama)
  1. (childish) balls; nuts (testicles) Tags: childish
    Sense id: en-たまたま-ja-noun-hcZ2GXcL Categories (other): Genitalia, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese reduplications, Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 0 100 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 0 100 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 0 100 Disambiguation of Japanese reduplications: 0 100 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō): 0 100 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 0 100 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 100 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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