suddenly, abruptly

Kanji in this word

• 突 stab, thrust
• 然 sort of thing, so

Example sentences

• 突然とつぜん、電話でんわが鳴なった。

  Totsuzen, denwa ga natta.

  Suddenly the phone rang.

• 突然とつぜん、孤独こどくを感かんじた。

  Totsuzen, kodoku o kanjita.

  I suddenly felt so lonely.

Example sentences from the Tatoeba Project, CC-BY 2.0 FR.

Related words · share a kanji

• 突き止める to ascertain, to pin down
• 自然 nature
• 自然環境 natural environment
• 天然 natural
• 偶然 chance, coincidence
• 必然 inevitability