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ikinari
adverb, no adjective

Alternate Written Forms:

[()··()·]
ikinari
[いきな(行成)·]
ikinari
[()··なり()]
ikinari
[()·きなり()]
ikinari
yukinari
[()··()·]
yukinari
[ゆきな(行成)·]
yukinari
[()··なり()]
yukinari
[()·きなり()]
yukinari

Root Words:

iki + nari

English Meaning(s) for いきなり

adverb, no adjective
  1. abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning

Definition and Synonyms for いきなり

Abruptly quickly and without warning
Synonyms: つと, ふと, さっと, ついと, つっと, ばっと, ひたと, ふいと, ふっと, パッと, いきなり, たちまち, にわかに, やにわに, 不意に, 俄然, 忽然, , 急に, 急激, 突として, 突如, 突然, 頓に
Suddenly happening unexpectedly
Synonyms: つと, ふと, ついと, はたと, ひたと, ふいと, ふっと, パッと, いきなり, たちまち, にわかに, やにわに, 不意に, 俄然, 忽然, , 急に, 急激, 突として, 突如, 突然, 豁然, 頓に
All Of A Sudden without warning
Synonyms: ひたと, いきなり, たちまち, やにわに, 突として, 突如, 突然, 頓に
On The Spur Of The Moment on impulse
Synonyms: ふと, ひたと, ふいと, いきなり, たちまち, にわかに, ひょいと, やにわに, 不意に, 俄然, 忽然, , 急に, 突として, 突如, 突然, 頓に
On The Spur Of The Moment without premeditation
Synonyms: ふと, ひたと, ふいと, いきなり, たちまち, にわかに, ひょいと, やにわに, 不意に, 俄然, 忽然, , 急に, 突として, 突如, 突然, 頓に

Stroke Order Diagrams for いきなり

Sample Sentences for いきなり

He suddenly started doing an impression of an announcer and we all cracked up.
I don't know. It all happened in an instant.
The section chief said out of the blue: "Women and meat, I like them a little rotten".
You scared me! Don't sneak upon me from behind!
Ms Sato is no lightweight. I just saw her chug three bottles of beer.

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