きゅう
suddenly
Four in the afternoon and the sky shuts like a lid while you are crossing the yard, right on cue きゅう: きゅう.
Same reading as 九 きゅう, nine. 急に きゅうに is the adverb and 急ぐ いそぐ is to hurry.
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