とたん (totan)

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Meaning

  1. just (now, at the moment, etc.)
  2. just as
  3. in the act of
  4. as soon as

All JLPT 3 grammar : 途端（とたん, totan）, just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that, [Adverbial noun]

Music term

Example

日本語意味
なるべく考えまいとは思っていたのだが、自覚をしてしまうと途端に侘しいような気持ちにもなってくる。I had tried to avoid thinking that as much as possible but as soon as I faced it I started to feel miserable.
由香は新任の英語の先生に紹介されたとたん、恋におちた。Yuka fell in love the moment she was introduced to the newly-appointed English teacher.
僕は見たとたんに彼女だと分かった。I recognized her the moment I saw her.
僕は見たとたんに彼女だと思った。I recognized her the moment I saw her.

Vocabulary

日本語ローマ字意味
自覚jikakuself-consciousness; self-awareness
端hashiend, edge
考えkangaethinking, thought, view
気kispirit, mind, heart
気持ちkimochifeeling, sensation, mood
なるnaruto become
語golanguage
生jinseilife
恋koilove
紹介shoukaiintroduction, presentation
英語eigoEnglish
先sakiprevious, prior, former
先生senseiteacher, master, doctor
分bunpart, segment, share
僕bokuI, me
彼女kanojoshe, her

Kanji

漢字おんよみくんよみ意味
気キ,ケいきspirit, mind, air, atmosphere, mood
自ジ,シみずか.ら, おの.ずから, おの.ずとoneself
持ジも.つ, -も.ち, も.てるhold, have
考コウかんが.える, かんが.えconsider, think over
思シおも.う, おもえら.く, おぼ.すthink
覚カクおぼ.える, さ.ます, さ.めるmemorize, remember
途トみちroute, way, road
語ゴかた.る, かた.らうword, speech, language
生セイ,ショウい.きる, い.かす, い.けるlife, genuine, birth
先センさき, ま.ずbefore, ahead, previous, future, precedence
英エイはなぶさEngland, hero
新シンあたら.しい, あら.た, あら-new
任ニンまか.せる, まか.すresponsibility, duty
由ユ,ユウ,ユイよし, よ.るwherefore, a reason
女ジョ,ニョ,ニョウおんな, めwoman, female
見ケンみ.る, み.える, み.せるsee, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible
彼ヒかれ, かの, か.のhe, that, the

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