Word Meaning 突然

とつぜん totsuzen

突然 is read as とつぜん (totsuzen) and means abrupt.

Meaning

English

  1. abrupt
  2. sudden
  3. unexpected

Reading

Kana

とつぜん

Romaji

totsuzen

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 20 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Upper Grade Rank 5454 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

突然目

とつぜんめ

somewhat sudden

突然死

とつぜんし

sudden death

突然だけど

とつぜんだけど

apropos of nothing

突然変異

とつぜんへんい

mutation

突然変異体

とつぜんへんいたい

mutant

突然変異説

とつぜんへんいせつ

mutationism

点突然変異

てんとつぜんへんい

point mutation

人為突然変異

じんいとつぜんへんい

artificial mutation

染色体突然変異

せんしょくたいとつぜんへんい

chromosomal mutation

致死突然変異

ちしとつぜんへんい

lethal mutation

Example Sentences

10

It has suddenly got cold, hasn't it?

He died suddenly.

He made an abrupt departure.

I suddenly felt so lonely.

Suddenly the phone rang.

They suddenly dove into the sea.

The accident happened all of a sudden.

War suddenly broke out.

The bell rang suddenly.

All of a sudden, the lights went out.