とみに

Japanese
Alternative spelling
頓に

Etymology

From 頓 (tomi, “suddenness”, a shift from that kanji's on reading ton) +‎ に (adverbial particle).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) と​みに [tóꜜmì nì] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA(key): [to̞mʲi ɲ̟i]

Adverb

とみに • (tomi ni) 

  1. suddenly
    Synonyms: 急に (kyū ni), にわかに (niwaka ni)
    • 1929, 薄田泣菫, 艸木虫魚‎, 青空文庫:
      私(わたし)が松(まつ)木(こ)立(だち)のなかに立(た)って、持(じ)病(びょう)の憂(ゆう)鬱(うつ)がとみに軽(かる)くなるのを覚(おぼ)えるのは、ちょうどこのほととぎすの松(まつ)が、寺(てら)の境(けい)内(だい)に帰(かえ)って来(き)て、生(せい)気(き)を回(かい)復(ふく)するのと同(おな)じように、ここに一(ひと)つの郷(きょう)土(ど)を感(かん)ずるからなのではあるまいか。
      Watashi ga matsu kodachi no naka ni tatte, jibyō no yūutsu ga tomi ni karuku naru no o oboeru no wa, chōdo kono hototogisu no matsu ga, tera no keidai ni kaette kite, seiki o kaifuku suru no to onaji yō ni, koko ni hitotsu no kyōdo o kanzuru kara na no de wa aru mai ka.
      It is perhaps because I feel a sense of home in this place that I feel the melancholy of my illness suddenly alleviate as I stand in this pine grove, just as the cuckoo’s pine recovered its vitality when it returned to the temple grounds.
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