急に

Meaning

1. adv
   swiftly; rapidly; quickly; immediately; hastily; hurriedly
2. adv
   suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly
3. adv
   sharply (of a slope, bend, etc.); steeply

Example sentences

• うちの体操服って普通の短パンだったのに今日から急にスパッツになっちゃったのね。

  Our P.E. kit was just shorts but now it's spats from today.

• 祖父は祖母がぽっくり逝ってから急に老け込みました。

  After Grandma's sudden death, Grandpa began to age rapidly.

• 花火の弾ける音が止むと、急に辺りが静かになる。後に残った火薬の匂いが、なんだか俺をセンチメンタルな気分にさせた。

  As the popping sound of the fireworks stopped, it suddenly became quiet around me. The smell of gunpowder somehow put me in a sentimental mood.