Illustration: In a small Japanese apartment courtyard, a child has just touched a soap bubble with one fingertip. The bubble is caught at the exact point of bursting: one side still forms a delicate curved film while the other has broken into tiny droplets.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

一いっ瞬しゅん

isshun

an instant, a moment

Example sentences

  1. わかりません。一瞬いっしゅんの出来事できごとでしたから。

    I don’t know. It all happened in an instant.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 一瞬いっしゅん、彼かれは男おとこを追おいかけようかと思おもった。

    For a moment, he thought of going after the man.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. ヘッドライトがまぶしくて一瞬いっしゅん目めがくらんだ。

    The glaring headlights dazzled us for a moment.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 一瞬

  • 一oneOnイチ・イツKunひと-・ひとつ
  • 瞬wink; blinkOnシュンKunまたたく・まじろぐ

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