► 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:
- 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?”
- ブーツを脱ごうと頑張っていたら突然すぽっと抜けてひっくり返ってしまった ⇨ When I was trying to take my boot off my foot suddenly came off with a pop and I fell backward
- 電車が突然減速した ⇨ The train suddenly decelerated
- 灯りが突然消えた ⇨ The lights got turned off suddenly
- 彼女は突然素っ頓狂な声を上げた ⇨ She suddenly made a funny scream
- 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
- エンジンが突然激しく振動し始めた ⇨ The engine suddenly started vibrating hard
- 突然体に激痛が走った ⇨ Suddenly an excruciating pain ran through my body
- 怪獣が突然出現した ⇨ A monster suddenly appeared
- テレビ中継の音声が突然途切れた ⇨ The audio of the TV broadcast got suddenly interrupted
- 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
- 突然雹が降った ⇨ Suddenly it hailed
- 猫は突然ひょいと消えてしまった ⇨ The cat suddenly disappeared out of my sight
- 彼は突然駆け出した ⇨ He suddenly started running
- 彼は相手を突然殴りつけた ⇨ He sucker-punched the other guy