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た途端とたんに

たとたんにta totan niN2neutral

savor + (past) + the moment

ajiwatta totan ni

the moment; no sooner had — an abrupt, usually surprising, consequence

meaning: the moment you savor

Related

  • 味あじわう
  • 〜たとたんに
  • 味あじわったとたんに

この財布さいふ、味あじわったとたんに小銭こぜにが全部ぜんぶ落おちるんだよね。

kono saifu, ajiwatta totan ni kozeni ga zenbu ochiru n da yo ne.

This wallet — the moment you savor it, all the change falls out, you know. casual

電気でんきを消けしたとたんに、電話でんわが鳴なった。

denki o keshita totan ni, denwa ga natta.

The moment I turned off the light, the phone rang. neutral

Same meaning4

All examples3

the moment; no sooner had — the second event follows right after

  1. この財布さいふ、開あけたとたんに小銭こぜにが全部ぜんぶ落おちるんだよね。

    kono saifu, aketa totan ni kozeni ga zenbu ochiru n da yo ne.

    This wallet — the moment you open it, all the change falls out, you know. casual

  2. 電気でんきを消けしたとたんに、電話でんわが鳴なった。

    denki o keshita totan ni, denwa ga natta.

    The moment I turned off the light, the phone rang. neutral

  3. 開演かいえんの合図あいずが鳴なったとたん、会場かいじょうは静しずまり返かえりました。

    kaien no aizu ga natta totan, kaijou wa shizumarikaerimashita.

    The moment the curtain-up signal sounded, the venue fell completely silent. formal

How it's formed1

All forms2

  • たとたんtatotancontraction

    味あじわったとたん

    に drops freely in speech and casual writing, with no change of tone — ドアが開あいたとたん、猫ねこが逃にげた.

  • そのとたんsonototanalternant

    takes the previous sentence as the first event, already closed off before it — ドアを開あけた。そのとたん、猫ねこが飛とび出だしてきた。

Notes

とたんに wants the second event to be uncontrolled or unexpected — a
deliberate, planned main part after it (起おきたとたんに歯はを磨みがいた)
sounds odd.