Vocabulary
Form
to happen to ride together; to share a vehicle; to (operate a) carpool
verb
vi
freq #28
Example sentences
私(わたし)達(たち)は偶然(ぐうぜん)同(おな)じ列車(れっしゃ)に乗(の)りあわせた。
We happened to be on the same train.
私(わたし)達(たち)は偶然(ぐうぜん)同(おな)じバスに乗り合(のりあ)わせた。
We happened to get on the same bus.
私(わたし)はたまたま彼(かれ)と同(おな)じ列車(れっしゃ)に乗り合(のりあ)わせた。
It so happened that I rode in the same train with him.
メアリーと私(わたし)が同(おな)じ汽車(きしゃ)に乗り合(のりあ)わせたのは全(まった)くの偶然(ぐうぜん)だった。
It was sheer coincidence that Mary and I were on the same train.