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A1 Expressions, Noun
あっという間(a/the) blink of an eye, a flash, (lit.) time it takes to say 'Ah!'
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an instant, a split second, no time at all, time of an "ah!"
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あっという間 【あっというま】、あっと言う間 【あっというま】
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楽しい時間はいつもあっという間に過ぎます。
Fun times always pass by in the blink of an eye.
刑事:「難しい事件もあっという間に解決するつもりだ。」
Detective: 'I intend to solve even the most difficult cases in the blink of an eye.'
お腹が空いていたとあって、あっという間に昼食を食べてしまった。
Given that I was hungry, I finished my lunch in the blink of an eye.
僕が留年をしている間に彼はあっという間に大人っぽく垢抜けていました。
While I was repeating a year of schooling, he had become grown up and sophisticated in the blink of an eye.
強盗があっという間に起こったから、店主は警察を呼び損ねたというわけです。
The robbery happened in the blink of an eye, so the shop owner missed the chance to call the police.
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