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突然 (とつぜん): abruptly, suddenly, unexpectedly — Japanese vocabulary

突然 is read とつぜん and means "abruptly, suddenly, unexpectedly". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

突然

Reading
とつぜん · totsuzen
Translation
abruptly, suddenly, unexpectedly
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
とつぜんが

Example

彼の突然の死は悲劇的事件だった。

かれのとつぜんのしはひげきてきじけんだった。

His sudden death was a tragedy.

Kanji in this word

  • 突 — thrust, 突進
  • 然 — natural

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