咄嗟
N1とっさ tossa
- moment
- instant
nounの-adjective
Chinese meanings
瞬间;急中生智
Examples
- 社長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"
}
}