► 副詞
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
☆ それは全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:
- 突然地震が起こって場内は騒然となった ⇨ Suddenly there was an earthquake and the room became noisy (with people panicking)
- 突然ドカンと音がした ⇨ Suddenly there was a boom
- 突然包丁を持った男が闖入した ⇨ Suddenly a man with a knife barged in
- 何しろ突然な話なのでちょっと考えてみないと決められません ⇨ Whatever the case may be, this is out of blue, so I have to think about it before I can decide
- 突然どしゃ降りになった ⇨ Suddenly it started pouring down
- 彼女に突然「私とキスしたい？」と聞かれて彼はドキマギした ⇨ He was thrown off balance when she suddenly said “do you want to kiss me?”
- 突然地面が突き上げるように揺れた ⇨ Suddenly the ground shook with thrusts from beneath
- テレビ中継の音声が突然途切れた ⇨ The audio of the TV broadcast got suddenly interrupted
- 人間が突然変異して火を吹くことは有り得ない ⇨ Humans will never mutate and breathe fire
- 最近突然動悸がすることがある ⇨ Recently I have experienced sudden palpitations
- 突然凄まじい爆音がした ⇨ Suddenly we heard a tremendous sound of explosion
- 車のブレーキが突然言う事を聞かなくなった ⇨ My car brakes suddenly stopped listening to me, they stopped working
- 彼女は突然素っ頓狂な声を上げた ⇨ She suddenly made a strange scream
- 彼女は中年の時に突然絵画に目覚めた ⇨ She suddenly got inspired and started painting in her middle age
- 突然激しい雨が降り出し、人々は建物の中に駆け込んだ ⇨ Suddenly a downpour came down and people rushed into buildings