突とつ然ぜん
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Meanings
No-adjective
Na-adjective
Adverb
1. abrupt; sudden; unexpected
Kanji used
Pitch accent
とつぜん
Used in vocabulary
突とつ然ぜん死し
sudden death; unexpected death
Noun
突とつ然ぜん目め
somewhat sudden
Expression
乳にゅう幼よう児じ突とつ然ぜん死し症しょう候こう群ぐん
sudden infant death syndrome; SIDS; cot death; crib death
Noun
Examples256
Everything happened all at once.
He burst into the room.
A young man barged in unexpectedly.
War suddenly broke out.
He died suddenly.
The sudden glare impinged painfully on his eyes.