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いきなり: Suddenly / abruptly — Japanese vocabulary

いきなり means "Suddenly / abruptly". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

いきなり

Reading
いきなり · ikinari
Translation
Suddenly / abruptly
Level
JLPT N3

Example

いきなり解雇を言い渡された。

いきなりかいこをいいわたされた。

I was discharged without notice.

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