EntryCommonJLPT N2
  1. Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

    sudden; abrupt; unexpected; immediate

    Usually written using kana aloneocc. written 遽か

    にわか仕込みの知識ではその問題は解けなかった。
    Hastily acquired knowledge was not enough to solve the problem.
  2. Prefix, Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)

    improvised; hasty; impromptu; offhand

    Usually written using kana alone

  3. Noun

    impromptu skit

    Abbreviationocc. written 仁輪加 or 仁和加see 俄狂言

  4. bandwagon fan; fair-weather fan

    AbbreviationSlangUsually written using kana alonesee にわかファン

Also written 俄か【にわか】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

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sudden, abrupt, improvised

Kun
にわか
On
Strokes
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Taught
Jinmeiyō
Radical
person

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Dictionary and index codes (14)
CodeReference
1-2-7SKIP code
2a7.4The Kanji Dictionary
2325.0Four corner code
4fc4Unicode hex code
1-18-68JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
447Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
215New Nelson (John Haig)
106Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
76Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2110Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2247Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
665Morohashi
e2, e4Pinyin reading
aKorean reading