Illustration: During a quiet afternoon in a Japanese living room, a cat suddenly bursts through the paper of a closed shoji panel beside the low table. Its head and front paws emerge through the fresh tear, with loose paper still airborne.

いきなり

ikinari

suddenly, without warning

Example sentences

そのタクシーはいきなり左ひだりに曲まがった。
The taxi abruptly turned left.
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いきなり解雇かいこを言いい渡わたされた。
I was discharged without notice.
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彼かれがいきなり、アナウンサーのまねをしてしゃべり始はじめたので笑わらってしまった。
He suddenly started doing an impression of an announcer and we all cracked up.
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