► 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:
- 彼女は突然の大きな物音にぎくりとした ⇨ She jumped because of the sudden big noise
- 突然体に激痛が走った ⇨ Suddenly an excruciating pain ran through my body
- 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
- 突然警報がけたたましく鳴った ⇨ Suddenly an ear-piercing alarm went off
- 猫は突然ひょいと消えてしまった ⇨ The cat suddenly disappeared out of my sight
- 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
- 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
- 突然空がピカッと光った ⇨ Suddenly there was a flash in the sky
- 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
- 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
- 電車が突然減速した ⇨ The train suddenly decelerated
- 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
- 突然何を言い出すんだ ⇨ What are you talking about all of sudden?