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For pronunciation and definitions of 俄か – see the following entry.
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【にわか】
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- [adjective] [from 790s] sudden, abrupt, unexpected, improvised, offhand
- [adjective] [from 759] suddenly serious (said of an illness; most often in the construction にわかになる (niwaka ni naru))
- [adjective] [from early 1200s] temporary, makeshift, impermanent, ad hoc
- [noun] Short for 俄狂言 (niwaka kyōgen, “a farce; an impromptu comic interlude during a Noh play”).
- [noun] (by extension) any impromptu joke, witticism, or pun
- [noun] Short for 俄ファン (niwaka fan, “(Internet slang) bandwagon fan”).
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(This term, 俄か, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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