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突然
JLPT N3 · Vocabulary
突然 — “suddenly, abruptly”
突然 (read
とつぜん
) means
suddenly, abruptly
. It appears on the JLPT N3 vocabulary list and is a adverb.
Reading
とつぜん
Meaning
suddenly, abruptly
突然 in a sentence
突然
とつぜん
電気
でんき
が
消
き
えた。
The lights suddenly went out.
The kanji in 突然
突
to thrust; sudden
然
as it is, nature
Words that share a kanji with 突然
衝突
しょうとつ
— collision, crash; conflict
突く
つく
— to poke, to thrust, to prod
煙突
えんとつ
— chimney, smokestack
突き当たる
つきあたる
— to run into, to collide with; to come to the end (of a road)
突っ込む
つっこむ
— to thrust in, to shove into; to plunge into, to charge in
突き当たり
つきあたり
— end of a road, dead end (of a corridor)
自然
しぜん
— natural
全然
ぜんぜん
— (not) at all, completely (with negative)
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