意外 Tokyo male accent recording

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For 意外, the tokyo male accent seems to be saying いない and not いがい? Is this a legitimate accent thing or a mistake?

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You’re noticing the nasal g that is a possible way to pronounce the がぎぐげご sounds.

Here’s a stack exchange Q&A about it

Not a mistake. You’re probably most likely to encounter it in news announcer speech.

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