JLPT N3 Grammar List
just (now, at the moment), as soon as .
Verb-casual, past + とたん（に）
Examples家を出たとたん、雨が激しく降りだしました。
Ie o deta totan, ame ga hageshiku furiimashita.
It started to rain hard as soon as I left home.
母はその知らせを聞いたとたんに青ざめました。
Haha wa sono shirase o kiita totan ni aozamemashita.
My mother grew pale on hearing the news.
私が部屋に入ったとたんに彼らは話を止めました。
Watashi ga heya ni haitta totan ni karera wa hanashi o yamemashita.
They stopped talking as soon as I came into the room.
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