► 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:
- 突然雹が降った ⇨ Suddenly it hailed
- 金槌を使っていたら頭が突然すっぽ抜けた ⇨ I was using a hammer and suddenly its head came loose and flew off
- 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
- 突然猛烈な睡魔に襲われた ⇨ I was suddenly attacked by a severe sleep demon, sleepiness
- 突然ドカンと音がした ⇨ Suddenly there was a boom
- 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?”
- 彼女は突然長い髪をバッサリ切ってしまった ⇨ She suddenly cut off her long hair very short
- 突然大きな物音がしてどきりとした ⇨ A sudden large noise made me jump
- 突然凄まじい爆音がした ⇨ Suddenly we heard a tremendous sound of explosion
- 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
- 彼は突然麻薬を絶つという荒療治をした ⇨ He has gone through a rough remedy of going cold turkey from drugs
- 突然何を言い出すんだ ⇨ What are you talking about all of sudden?
- 猫は突然ひょいと消えてしまった ⇨ The cat suddenly disappeared out of my sight
- 予定が突然変わって皆あたふたした ⇨ Everybody was confounded by the sudden change of the plan