(uk) abruptly, suddenly, all of a sudden, without warning
Example sentences
彼がいきなり、アナウンサーのまねをしてしゃべり始めたので笑ってしまった。
He suddenly started doing an impression of an announcer and we all cracked up.
挨拶抜きでいきなり用件を切り出す。
Skip the pleasantries and get down to business.
そのタクシーはいきなり左に曲がった。
The taxi abruptly turned left.
More N2 vocabulary
- 務める(1) to serve, to fill a post, to serve under, to work (for)
- くたびれるto get tired, to wear out
- 退けるto remove, to take away, to dislodge, to put something out of the way
- 船便surface mail (ship)
- 見舞うto ask after (health), to visit
- やかましい(1) noisy, (2) strict, fussy