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SILVER ERA · ことばを、少しずつ。
JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

咄嗟とっさ

N1
とっさ tossa
  1. moment
  2. instant
nounの-adjective

Chinese meanings

瞬间;急中生智

Examples

  • 社しゃ長ちょうのとっさのひらめきなんだって。
    It came to the president like a bolt of lightning.
    据说是社长瞬间想到的点子。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('f291ca1d87'); // 咄嗟
{
  "id": "f291ca1d87",
  "word": "咄嗟",
  "reading": "とっさ",
  "romaji": "tossa",
  "meanings": [
    "moment",
    "instant"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "n",
    "adj-no"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1565170,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "社長のとっさのひらめきなんだって。",
      "furigana": "{社長|しゃちょう}のとっさのひらめきなんだって。",
      "en": "It came to the president like a bolt of lightning.",
      "tatoeba_id": 149188
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "b8e6d501c7731f72dad484dae5216896eeaa931ceb80ce46871a71d9593d1d2e",
    "meanings": [
      "瞬间",
      "急中生智"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "社長のとっさのひらめきなんだって。",
        "zh": "据说是社长瞬间想到的点子。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/f291ca1d87",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1565170; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "796e9238e86377f0123dffbc6e4c33f50e4f61405001998f499c690d840836e0"
  }
}