► 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
- 突然ドカンと音がした ⇨ Suddenly there was a boom
- 彼女は突然ばったりと倒れた ⇨ She suddenly fell down with a thud
- 彼は相手を突然殴りつけた ⇨ He sucker-punched the other guy
- 前の車が突然車線を外れた ⇨ The car in front of me suddenly veered out of the lane
- 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
- 突然体に激痛が走った ⇨ Suddenly an excruciating pain ran through my body
- 突然包丁を持った男が闖入した ⇨ 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
- 突然雨が猛烈に降り始めた ⇨ Suddenly it started to rain extremely hard
- 麻薬を突然止めようとすると禁断症状が起こる ⇨ If you try to stop drugs cold turkey, withdrawal symptoms will occur
- 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
- 突然地面が突き上げるように揺れた ⇨ 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