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途端

Reading

Kana: とたん
Romaji: totan
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Definition

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just (now, at the moment, etc.)

Kanji

Readings: ト、 みち
Meanings: route, way, road
Readings: タン、 はし、 は、 はた、 -ばた、 はな
Meanings: edge, origin, end, point, border, verge, cape

Example Sentences

(いえ)()いたとたん(あらし)になった。
➥I had barely got home when the storm broke.
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(かれ)()たとたん(わたし)()()した。
➥As soon as I saw him, I burst into laughter.
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青信号(あおしんごう)()たとたんに(うご)()す。
➥Start off on the green light.
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(みせ)()途端(とたん)先生(せんせい)()った。
➥I had no sooner left the shop than I met my teacher.
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(あめ)がやんだとたんに(にじ)(あらわ)れた。
➥Scarcely had the rain stopped before a rainbow appeared.
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(かれ)はそう()ったとたんに後悔(こうかい)した。
➥No sooner had he said it than he was sorry.
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