Illustration: In a small Japanese apartment kitchen, a cook suddenly sneezes into one bent arm. The other elbow has knocked the handle of a ladle resting in a soup pot, flipping a little soup onto the family cat’s empty saucer. The cook stares at the unexpected splash, shoulders still raised from the sneeze.

はずみ

hazumi

chance, sudden impulse

～したはずみに often introduces an unintended result. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

二人ににんが争あらそう弾はずみに書かきつけが二階にかいから落おちる。
As they fight, the written order accidentally falls from the second floor.
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立たち上あがったはずみに、コップを倒たおした。
I knocked over my cup as I stood up.
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かばんを置おいたはずみで、鍵かぎが床ゆかに落おちた。
My keys fell onto the floor when I set down my bag.
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