突とつ如じょ

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

Formal or literary adverb describing an abrupt, unforeseen occurrence. Often used with として or directly before a verb.

突とつ如じょ〈動どう詞し〉to suddenly do/happen (something), placed directly before a verb
突とつ如じょ、雨あめが激はげしく降ふり出だした。
All of a sudden, it began raining heavily.
突とつ如じょ〈事こと〉が起おこるfor an (unexpected) event to suddenly occur
突とつ如じょ、大おおきな地じ震しんが起おこった。
A large earthquake suddenly struck.
突とつ如じょ姿すがたを消けすto suddenly disappear/vanish without warning
彼かれはある日ひ、突とつ如じょ姿すがたを消けした。
One day, he suddenly vanished without a trace.

突とつ然ぜんN3
突如 is a formal, literary word for 'suddenly', while 突然 is the common, everyday equivalent used in speech and writing alike.
不ふ意いにN1
突如 stresses the abruptness of the event itself, while 不意に stresses that there was no warning or anticipation.
いきなりN3
突如 is formal and literary, while いきなり is a casual, conversational word for the same abruptness.
にわかにN2
突如 and 俄かに are both literary words for 'suddenly', but 突如 tends to describe a dramatic single event while 俄かに often describes a change in weather, mood, or circumstances.

徐じょ々じょにN3
突如 describes something happening abruptly, whereas 徐々に describes something happening gradually and slowly.

突とつ入にゅう
突如 shares the kanji 突 with 突入, but 突如 means 'suddenly' (an adverb) while 突入 means 'to rush/burst into' (a noun/verb of motion).

Compound of 突 (thrust, sudden) and 如 (like, as if). The combination conveys the sense of something happening as if thrust forward abruptly.