Illustration: In a Japanese apartment hallway, a resident slides open a room door just far enough to step through. Their cat has already slipped through the narrow gap in one smooth, quick movement, body stretched low and tail following neatly behind.

JLPT N3adverbLevel estimated by Bebop

すっと

sutto

quickly, suddenly

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれの首筋くびすじを血ちがすっと伝つたった。

    A trickle of blood ran down his neck.

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  2. カタツムリがすっと角つのを出だした。

    The snail shot out its horns.

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  3. 友達ともだちのケイちゃんは、私わたしが困こまっているときにはいつもすっと現あらわれて私わたしを助たすけてくれた。

    Whenever I’m in trouble, my friend Kei always appears out of nowhere to help.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

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