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いきなり

N2
ikinari
  1. abruptly
  2. suddenly
  3. all of a sudden
  4. 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ひだりに曲まがった。
    The taxi abruptly turned left.
    那辆出租车突然左转。
  • いきなり解かい雇こを言いい渡わたされた。
    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"
  }
}