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    3. 唐突

    唐突

    唐とう突とつ

    abrupt

    KMT8News #16+1Noun, AdjectiveEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab18 strokes

    とうとつ

    Noun, Adjective

    1.
    abrupt, sudden

    Stroke 0 / 18

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれは唐とう突とつに質しつ問もんした。

    He asked a sudden question.

    KMT6Daily Life
    そのニュースはあまりにも唐とう突とつで、誰だれもが驚おどろいた。

    The news was so abrupt that everyone was surprised.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    彼かれの唐とう突とつな告こく白はくに、彼かの女じょは戸と惑まどいを隠かくせなかった。

    She couldn't hide her confusion at his sudden confession.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyFamily & Relationships
    物ものが語たりの唐とう突とつな展てん開かいに、読どく者しゃは息いきをのんだ。

    Readers gasped at the story's abrupt development.

    KMT8LiteratureEmotions & Psychology
    話わ題だいが唐とう突とつに変かわったため、会かい議ぎの流ながれが一いち時じ的てきに滞とどこおった。

    Because the topic changed abruptly, the flow of the meeting was temporarily stalled.

    KMT9Business & FinanceEmotions & Psychology

    Kanji that make up this word

    唐
    から…(3)
    T'ang・China・foreign
    突
    つ.く…(2)
    stab・protruding・thrust・pierce・prick…(2)
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