いきなり

いきなり · ikinari · JLPT N2 · adverb

all of a sudden

⚡ 行き + なり = going just as you are: straight in, no warm-up

いきなり is usually written 行きなり: 行き (going) + なり (just as it is). It means acting without stopping to prepare, so something happens abruptly and out of nowhere. いきなり雨が降った means it suddenly started raining.

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