► 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:
- 突然の閃きで思い付いた ⇨ Suddenly an idea flashed in my mind
- 突然火山が噴火して人々に岩が降り掛かった ⇨ Suddenly the volcano erupted and rocks rained down on people
- 彼女は突然倒れた ⇨ She suddenly collapsed
- 彼は相手を突然殴りつけた ⇨ He sucker-punched the other guy
- 突然何を言い出すんだ ⇨ What are you talking about all of sudden?
- 突然警報がけたたましく鳴った ⇨ Suddenly an ear-piercing alarm went off
- 彼はそう言うなり突然立ち上がった ⇨ As soon as he said that he suddenly stood up
- 突然警報が鳴った ⇨ Suddenly an alarm went off
- 突然誰かが後ろからドンとぶつかってきた ⇨ Suddenly someone smacked into me from behind
- テレビ中継の音声が突然途切れた ⇨ The audio of the TV broadcast got suddenly interrupted
- 突然変異 ⇨ Mutation
- 火災報知器が突然作動した ⇨ The fire alarm got suddenly activated
- 高速道路を走行中に突然タイヤが破裂した ⇨ The tire suddenly burst while driving on a freeway
- 彼女が突然バタッと倒れた ⇨ She suddenly collapsed with a thud
- 突然大きな物音がしてどきりとした ⇨ A sudden large noise made me jump