たまさか

adverb

by chance; coincidentally; unexpectedly

Describes something happening accidentally or without planning, often with a nuance of fortunate or surprising timing.

• たまさか駅えきで旧きゅう友ゆうに会あった。

  I ran into an old friend by chance at the station.

• たまさか見みつけた古ふる本ほん屋やで絶ぜっ版本ぱんぼんを手てに入いれた。

  I got an out-of-print book at a secondhand bookstore I happened to find.

adverb

rarely; seldom; once in a while

Indicates low frequency; something that does not happen often. Often used with a negative or limiting expression.

• 彼かれはたまさかしか故こ郷きょうに帰かえらない。

  He rarely goes back to his hometown.

• たまさかの休やすみには温おん泉せんに行いく。

  On the rare days off, I go to a hot spring.