► 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:
- テレビ中継の音声が突然途切れた ⇨ The audio of the TV broadcast got suddenly interrupted
- 突然地面が突き上げるように揺れた ⇨ Suddenly the ground shook with thrusts from beneath
- 火災報知器が突然作動した ⇨ The fire alarm got suddenly activated
- 彼女は突然ばたりと倒れた ⇨ She suddenly fell flat with a thud
- 突然ドンと音がした ⇨ Suddenly there was a bang, boom, thud
- 突然ドカンと音がした ⇨ Suddenly there was a boom
- 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?”
- 怪獣が突然出現した ⇨ A monster suddenly appeared
- 前の車が突然車線を外れた ⇨ The car in front of me suddenly veered out of the lane
- エンジンが突然激しく振動し始めた ⇨ The engine suddenly started vibrating hard
- 突然大きな物音がしてどきりとした ⇨ A sudden large noise made me jump
- 彼は突然態度を翻した ⇨ He suddenly did u-turn with his attitude
- 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
- 突然大きな物音がしてどきっとした ⇨ A sudden large noise made me jump
- 彼は相手を突然殴りつけた ⇨ He sucker-punched the other guy