JLPT N3 · な-adjective

突然 (totsuzen)

突然 (とつぜん, totsuzen) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “abrupt; sudden”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: とつぜん
Romaji: totsuzen
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

abrupt; sudden; unexpected · noun taking の, な-adjective, adverb

Example sentences

すべて突然起こった。

Everything happened all at once.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 突然

な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	突然だ	とつぜんだ totsuzenda
Present (polite)	突然です	とつぜんです totsuzendesu
Negative	突然じゃない	とつぜんじゃない totsuzenjanai
Past	突然だった	とつぜんだった totsuzendatta
Negative past	突然じゃなかった	とつぜんじゃなかった totsuzenjanakatta
Te-form	突然で	とつぜんで totsuzende
Before a noun	突然な	とつぜんな totsuzenna
Adverb (~ni)	突然に	とつぜんに totsuzenni

Kanji in 突然

突

stab, protruding, thrustトツ・カ・つ.く · 8 strokes

然

sort of thing, so, if soゼン・ネン・しか・しか.り · 12 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 突然.

衝突しょうとつcollision突くつくto prick煙突えんとつchimney突っ込むつっこむto thrust (something) into (something)突き当たりつきあたりend (of a street, hallway, etc.)突き当たるつきあたるto run into突如とつじょsuddenly突破とっぱbreaking through突くつつくto poke (repeatedly, lightly)突っ張るつっぱるto cramp up突っ突くつっつくto poke (repeatedly, lightly)全然ぜんぜん(not) at all自然しぜんnature偶然ぐうぜんcoincidence

Source: JMdict entry 1457040 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.