► 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
- 突然ドンと音がした ⇨ Suddenly there was a bang, boom, thud
- 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
- 突然の閃きで思い付いた ⇨ Suddenly an idea flashed in my mind
- 彼は突然態度を翻した ⇨ He suddenly did u-turn with his attitude
- 突然雹が降った ⇨ Suddenly it hailed
- 彼女が突然バタンと倒れた ⇨ She suddenly fell flat with a thud
- 突然鼻血がドバっと出た ⇨ Suddenly I had a big nosebleed
- 猫は突然ひょいと消えてしまった ⇨ The cat suddenly disappeared out of my sight
- 灯りが突然消えた ⇨ The lights got turned off suddenly
- 前の車が突然車線を外れた ⇨ The car in front of me suddenly veered out of the lane
- 突然警報が鳴った ⇨ Suddenly the alarm sounded
- 彼は相手を突然殴りつけた ⇨ He sucker-punched the other guy
- 怪獣が突然出現した ⇨ A monster suddenly appeared
- 木陰で突然の土砂降りをやり過ごした ⇨ I managed to get through a sudden downpour under the shade of a tree