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たとたんに・次第・かと思ったら・かと思うと: the difference

Meaning

The instant or moment, As soon as, Just as

Past papers

Tested 2 times in past papers

Example

出でた途端とたんに、雨あめが降ふり始はじめた。

The instant I went outside, it began to rain.

Meaning

As soon as

Past papers

Tested 2 times in past papers

Example

準備じゅんびが出来でき次第しだい出発しゅっぱつしますよ。

We will depart as soon as you are ready.

Meaning

Then again, Just when I thought, No sooner than

Past papers

Not yet

Example

ミスが続つづいたのであきれられたかと思おもったら、そうでもなかった。

After making mistake after mistake I thought they'd be fed up with me, but they weren't.

How to tell them apart

The second part cannot be your own will, order or wish: not 「×家に帰ったかと思ったら、勉強しよう」.

「かと思うと」 stresses 'I thought A, and B overturned it at once', with dramatic surprise.

「たとたんに」 only stresses the first action as the trigger of the sudden change: 「立ち上がったとたんに、めまいがした」.

「次第」: as soon as the first is done, you do the next on purpose: 「到着次第、連絡します」 (I'll contact you as soon as I arrive).

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