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俄にわか

usually written using kana aloneな adjectiveadjective (generic)noun taking the genitive case particle のabbreviationnounnoun (generic)slang

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にわか

Meanings

sudden, abrupt, unexpected, immediate, hasty, improvised, impromptu, offhand
impromptu skit
bandwagon fan, fair-weather fan

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Example sentences

俄にわか雨あめに降ふられて、服ふくがびしょびしょになった。

I got caught in a sudden rain shower and my clothes were soaking wet.

彼かれは俄にわかか勉強べんきょうで試験しけんに臨のぞんだが、結果けっかは散々さんざんだった。

He went into the exam with hasty cramming, but the result was terrible.

ワールドカップが始はじまると俄にわかかサッカーファンが増ふえる。

When the World Cup starts, bandwagon soccer fans increase.

俄にわかには信しんじられない話はなしだが、事実じじつらしい。

It's a story that's hard to believe all of a sudden, but it seems to be true.

景気けいきが俄にわかかに悪化あっかし、多おおくの企業きぎょうが対応たいおうに追おわれることになった。

The economy deteriorated abruptly, and many companies found themselves scrambling to respond.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)