Illustration: In a quiet neighborhood café, a pigeon bursts through a briefly opened door and lands in the middle of a customer’s empty plate. The customer jerks backward with a sandwich halfway to their mouth, while the server stops with a tray held level and one foot still raised.

JLPT N1adverbLevel estimated by Bebop

突とつ如じょ

totsujo

suddenly, unexpectedly

Example sentences

  1. 突如とつじょその職員しょくいんがキレた。

    All of a sudden, the clerk lost his temper.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 突如とつじょ、胃いに激痛げきつうが走はしった。

    I felt a sharp pain in my stomach all of a sudden.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. おじいさんは突如とつじょ立たち止どまり、周まわりを見渡みわたした。

    The old man stopped suddenly and looked round.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 突如

  • 突stab; protrudingOnトツ・カKunつく
  • 如likeness; likeOnジョ・ニョKunごとし

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