たちまち
N2 tachimachi
- at once
- in a moment
- suddenly
- all at once
adverb
Also written 忽ち
Chinese meanings
立刻;转眼间
Examples
- 切符はたちまち売り切れた。The tickets were sold out in a moment.票很快就卖完了。
- 私たちはたちまち仲良くなった。We immediately became friends.我们很快就成了好朋友。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('5e124cf29c'); // たちまち
{
"id": "5e124cf29c",
"word": "たちまち",
"reading": "たちまち",
"romaji": "tachimachi",
"meanings": [
"at once",
"in a moment",
"suddenly",
"all at once"
],
"level": "N2",
"pos": [
"adv"
],
"jmdict_id": 1288480,
"other_forms": [
"忽ち"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "切符はたちまち売り切れた。",
"furigana": "{切符|きっぷ}はたちまち{売|う}り{切|き}れた。",
"en": "The tickets were sold out in a moment.",
"tatoeba_id": 142096
},
{
"ja": "私たちはたちまち仲良くなった。",
"furigana": "{私|わたし}たちはたちまち{仲良|なかよ}くなった。",
"en": "We immediately became friends.",
"tatoeba_id": 166318
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "a6f21b47c24bf89052992e8debeda8c3b78efaeca8673aef16ace3f8a26aff62",
"meanings": [
"立刻",
"转眼间"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "切符はたちまち売り切れた。",
"zh": "票很快就卖完了。"
},
{
"ja": "私たちはたちまち仲良くなった。",
"zh": "我们很快就成了好朋友。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n2/5e124cf29c",
"JMdict ent_seq 1288480; 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": "8c01c1ed991519c911a4fa3f98b24c6e7af3700e74cca53217df594f92497167"
}
}