行き成り

Japanese
Kanji in this term
行 成
い
Grade: 2		 な
Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

Adverb

行(い)き成(な)り • (ikinari) 

  1. suddenly, all of a sudden
    Synonym: 急に (kyū ni)
    いきなり車(くるま)が止(と)まった。
    Ikinari kuruma ga tomatta.
    The car stopped all of a sudden.
    彼(かれ)はいきなり彼女(かのじょ)の手(て)をとった。
    Kare wa ikinari kanojo no te o totta.
    He suddenly held her hand.

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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