incidentally

ちなみに、ところで

会話に別の情報を加えたり、話題を変えたりするときに使う。

やさしい英語で： Used to add another point or introduce a different topic in a conversation.

• Incidentally, your brother called.
• The meal was excellent; incidentally, who cooked it?
• Incidentally, I will be away next week.

類義語： by the way

よく使う表現： incidentally I heard, incidentally did you, incidentally she said

ついでに、付随的に

中心の話題としてではなく、少し触れる程度に、またはついでに。

やさしい英語で： Briefly or as a minor part of something, rather than as the main subject.

• She mentioned the cost only incidentally.
• The book discusses politics incidentally, focusing mainly on art.
• His childhood appears incidentally in a chapter about his career.

類義語： in passing, briefly

よく使う表現： mentioned incidentally, only incidentally, discuss incidentally

偶然に

予定されたことでも、別の出来事の結果でもなく、たまたま。

やさしい英語で： By chance, without being planned or caused by another event.

• They met incidentally at the station.
• The fault was incidentally discovered during routine cleaning.
• Two unrelated studies incidentally reached the same conclusion.

類義語： by chance, coincidentally, accidentally

よく使う表現： incidentally discovered, incidentally found, incidentally encountered