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突然  [とつぜん]    meaning:  sudden  rank: 1
☆ 突然爆発音がした ⇨ Suddenly I heard an explosion
☆ 突然雨が降り出した ⇨ Suddenly it started raining

突然  [とつぜん]    meaning:  unexpected  rank: 1
☆ それはく突然の出来事だった ⇨ That was a completely unexpected, out-of-the blue, incident  (☛ Sudden and unexpected)


More examples:
  • 突然大きな物音がしてどきりとした ⇨ A sudden large noise made me jump
  • 突然ドカンがした ⇨ Suddenly there was a boom
  • 彼女は突然ばったりとれた ⇨ She suddenly fell down with a thud
  • 相手を突然殴りつけた ⇨ He sucker-punched the other guy
  • が突然車線れた ⇨ The car in front of me suddenly veered out of the lane
  • 突然地震こって場内騒然となった ⇨ Suddenly there was an earthquake and the room became noisy (with people panicking)
  • 突然激しい降り出し、人々建物込んだ ⇨ Suddenly a downpour came down and people rushed into buildings
  • 突然体に激痛走った ⇨ Suddenly an excruciating pain ran through my body
  • 突然包丁持っ闖入した ⇨ Suddenly a man with a knife barged in
  • 突然警報がけたたましく鳴った ⇨ Suddenly an ear-piercing alarm went off
  • 突然雨が猛烈降り始めた ⇨ Suddenly it started to rain extremely hard
  • 麻薬を突然止めようとすると禁断症状こる ⇨ If you try to stop drugs cold turkey, withdrawal symptoms will occur
  • 彼女中年に突然絵画目覚めた ⇨ She suddenly got inspired and started painting in her middle age
  • 突然地面突き上げるようにれた ⇨ Suddenly the ground shook with thrusts from beneath
  • 最近突然動悸がすることがある ⇨ Recently I have experienced sudden palpitations