Word Meaning 不意に

ふいに fui ni

不意に is read as ふいに (fui ni) and means suddenly.

Meaning

English

  1. suddenly
  2. abruptly
  3. unexpectedly

Reading

Kana

ふいに

Romaji

fui ni

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 20 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Rank 13111 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

不本意

ふほんい

reluctant

不意

ふい

sudden

不注意

ふちゅうい

carelessness

不用意

ふようい

unprepared

不同意

ふどうい

disagreement

不得意

ふとくい

one's weak point

不意打ち

ふいうち

surprise attack

不誠意

ふせいい

insincerity

不随意運動

ふずいいうんどう

involuntary movement

意味不明

いみふめい

of uncertain meaning

注意力不足活動過多症

ちゅういりょくふそくかつどうかたしょう

attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder

不十分

ふじゅうぶん

insufficient

Example Sentences

7

The weather changed abruptly.

All of a sudden, all the lights went out.

I suddenly missed my watch.

I suddenly heard a voice that sounded like it was sulking.

I was on the point of giving up when I suddenly hit upon the solution.

Tom was undoubtedly the most intelligent student in the entire school, but whenever the teacher asked him a question for which he was not prepared, he was filled with such nervousness that he would become confused, and something utterly incomprehensible would issue from his mouth as soon as he opened it.

It's so easy to write good example sentences, that even if we accidentally delete a few good sentences in the process of getting rid of a whole lot of bad ones, I think we could drastically improve the quality of this corpus by doing a lot of deleting.