adverbial N2 common casualpolitewritten
いきなり — suddenly / without warning
いきなり
Meaning
- suddenly / abruptly / without warning — an action comes out of nowhere, skipping the expected lead-up
Stresses the absence of warning or preliminaries — doing something with no preamble (いきなり本題に入る = jump straight to the point).
Key sentence
彼はいきなり立ち上がった。
He suddenly stood up.
Examples
知らない人にいきなり声をかけられた。
A stranger suddenly spoke to me out of nowhere.
準備もなく、いきなり試合に出された。
With no preparation, I was thrown straight into the match.
Easily confused with
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Study it in JengoSources Compiled from published Japanese grammar references.