いきなり
N2 ikinari
- abruptly
- suddenly
- all of a sudden
- without warning
adverbの-adjective
Also written 行き成り
Chinese meanings
突然;冷不防
Examples
- そのタクシーはいきなり左に曲がった。The taxi abruptly turned left.那辆出租车突然左转。
- いきなり解雇を言い渡された。I was discharged without notice.我突然被告知解雇了。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('ad6b4ebbf6'); // いきなり
{
"id": "ad6b4ebbf6",
"word": "いきなり",
"reading": "いきなり",
"romaji": "ikinari",
"meanings": [
"abruptly",
"suddenly",
"all of a sudden",
"without warning"
],
"level": "N2",
"pos": [
"adv",
"adj-no"
],
"jmdict_id": 1282000,
"other_forms": [
"行き成り"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "そのタクシーはいきなり左に曲がった。",
"furigana": "そのタクシーはいきなり{左|ひだり}に{曲|ま}がった。",
"en": "The taxi abruptly turned left.",
"tatoeba_id": 212991
},
{
"ja": "いきなり解雇を言い渡された。",
"furigana": "いきなり{解雇|かいこ}を{言|い}い{渡|わた}された。",
"en": "I was discharged without notice.",
"tatoeba_id": 229267
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "d94f5084253d94ecf0a47846c0b51a74472697439076da3c624e1b1333184e86",
"meanings": [
"突然",
"冷不防"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "そのタクシーはいきなり左に曲がった。",
"zh": "那辆出租车突然左转。"
},
{
"ja": "いきなり解雇を言い渡された。",
"zh": "我突然被告知解雇了。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n2/ad6b4ebbf6",
"JMdict ent_seq 1282000; local JMdict_e.gz",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "e0d916c28aeb80b61d3697c1e475b3964a2c0f7239fd91d70e892f374ac080f1"
}
}