とつぜん
Meanings
Adverb
Adjective (な)
Adjective (の)
1. abrupt; sudden; unexpected
Kanji used
thrust
sort of thing
Pitch accent
つぜん
Top 700
Used in vocabulary (6 in total)
Examples (96 in total)
He died suddenly.
War suddenly broke out.
She turned around suddenly.
Suddenly the phone rang.
The accident happened suddenly.
The ghost vanished suddenly.
She suddenly fell silent.
All of a sudden, the lights went out.
The tragedy happened suddenly.
She burst into tears.
My wife burst into tears.
The bride suddenly laughed.
Tom suddenly got sick.
Hot water burst out.
Prices dropped suddenly.
Suddenly, my mother started singing.
He suddenly stopped talking.
Suddenly, they stopped talking.
I was surprised by his sudden appearance.
I received his letter unexpectedly.
An old man spoke to me suddenly.
He passed away quite suddenly.
The building fell down suddenly.
Suddenly, the captain left the ship.
He suddenly rose from the chair.
Suddenly, a dog began to bark.
Suddenly, he fell down on his back.
I was surprised by her sudden visit.
Suddenly there was a rifle shot.
The plane crashed suddenly.
They suddenly appeared from nowhere.
His sudden visit took me by surprise.
All of a sudden, a fire broke out in the movie theater.
All of a sudden, a fire broke out in the department store.
Don't be upset by a sudden change in the weather.
A good idea suddenly struck her.
Yesterday, I got a call out of the blue from Tom.
Suddenly I heard a loud clap of thunder.
The earthquake suddenly shook the buildings.
Sami's car suddenly disappeared.
All of a sudden, the fire alarm went off.
He died quite suddenly of heart failure.
I remembered my mother, who died suddenly.
She suddenly kissed me.
Suddenly, he accelerated the car.
Strange to say, she suddenly disappeared.
A boat suddenly appeared out of the mist.
The manager of the team quit suddenly.
Suddenly, he heard a strange sound.
Suddenly a bear appeared before us.
The lights suddenly went out and it become dark.
She broke into tears at the news.
He broke off in the middle of his speech.
There was a sudden flow of tears from her eyes.
Then all of a sudden a good idea came to me.
His sudden death was a tragedy.
I was suddenly awakened by a loud noise.
All communication with that airplane was suddenly cut off.
Emails have started suddenly disappearing from my inbox.
The man suddenly started shooting his gun.
His sudden appearance surprised us all.
Suddenly, I heard someone singing near by.
Her sudden departure surprised us all.
Oddly, she had suddenly disappeared.
His sudden death surprised us greatly.
He suddenly cut into our conversation.
Suddenly, Jack realized what had happened to him.
If I should be suddenly spoken to in English, I might run away.
On hearing the joke, he burst out laughing.
He suddenly hung up the phone while I was speaking.
Suddenly the eldest daughter spoke up, saying, "I want candy."
Suddenly, a pack of wolves appeared in the clearing.
All at once the sky became dark and it started to rain.
He got up suddenly and walked out of the room.
Lightning struck nearby without warning! I thought my heart was going to stop beating.
People regretted his sudden death deeply.
Suddenly Nancy screamed in the midst of silence.
I was very much surprised by her sudden change of mind.
The news of the merger of the two companies broke yesterday.
One morning, she unexpectedly met him on the street.
I was glad that she visited me unexpectedly.
We were so shocked at his sudden death.
Can you make out why John left so suddenly?
John put his foot on the brake and we stopped suddenly.
The volcano erupted suddenly, killing many people.
She was very surprised at his sudden defiant attitude.
I have no idea why he quit his job suddenly.
Mr Johnson suddenly changed his mind and signed the contract.
I was walking down the street when suddenly someone tapped me on the shoulder.
I had been working for two hours when I suddenly felt sick.
Jack suddenly stopped talking when Mary entered the room.
The idea of surprising her suddenly crossed my mind.
Is there any reason for him to resign so suddenly?
When he entered the building, he was frightened by a sudden cry.
Cake? I'm suddenly hungry again.
A sudden noise distracted their attention from the game.