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JLPT N2

Edit Fritz

Meaning

See [とたん（に）]
~shitara

Edit Fritz

Formation

Verb た-form

とたん

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Phrases

おもちゃをとりあげたとたん、こどもははげしくなきだした。

Just when I took the toy from him, the child burst into a violent cry. .

Edit #6668 joannina

まどをあけたとたんにことりがそとへにげてしまった。

The small bird has run away to the outside as soon as having opened the window.

Edit #7156 sureshnihon

いえについたとたんあらしになった。

I had barely got home when the storm broke

Edit #8469 karekano

きたくしたとたんあめがふりはじめた。

Even as I came home, it began to rain.

Edit #8470 karekano

わたしがたちさったとたんにけんかがはじまった。

Hardly had I left before the fight started.

Edit #8471 karekano

Discussion and comments

As soon as something happened/happens (something else happens/happened)

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動ーた形 +とたん（に）

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