案の定

あんのじょう
sure enough
as usual

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あんのじょう【案の定】

(just) as one expected ［feared］

予想した［恐れた］通り.

sure enough

《略式》確かに， 案の定

She was afraid she would fail her exam， and sure enough she did. 彼女は自分が試験に落ちると思っていたが， 案の定落ちた.

just one's luck

《略式》まただめだ；案の定

He joined us and， it was just his luck， the things went wrong. 彼が仲間に加ったら， 案の定， うまくいかなかった.

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あんのじょう【案の定】

as one expected; as (was) expected; as feared; 《口》 sure enough.

●案の定そうだった. I was right in my conjecture. | It was just as I had thought.

・案の定彼はそこにいた. Sure enough, I found him there.

・急行は案の定混んでいて席が 1 つもなかった. As I had feared, the express train was so crowded that I could not find a seat.

・案の定新しいゲームソフトは夫を魅了してしまった. As I had anticipated, my husband was entranced by the new game software.