See にわか on Wiktionary
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"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "a sudden downpour, a rain shower",
"roman": "niwaka ame",
"ruby": [
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"俄雨",
"にわかあめ"
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],
"word": "俄雨"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"roman": "niwaka odori",
"word": "俄踊り: a comedic dance at a banquet"
},
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"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "an impromptu comic interlude during a Noh play",
"roman": "niwaka kyōgen",
"word": "a comedic dance performed as part of a 俄狂言"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"roman": "niwaka kyōgen",
"word": "俄狂言: a farce"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "an impromptu comic interlude during a Noh play"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"roman": "niwakagoshirae",
"word": "俄拵え: hasty"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "makeshift construction"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "something put together in such a fashion"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "a sudden event, occurrence, or circumstance",
"roman": "niwakagoto",
"ruby": [
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"にわかごと"
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"word": "俄事"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "an impromptu comic interlude during a Noh play",
"roman": "niwaka kyōgen",
"ruby": [
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"俄師",
"にわかし"
]
],
"word": "俄師: a professional performer of 俄狂言"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"roman": "niwakajikomi",
"word": "俄仕込み: rapid production to meet a need"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "cramming to learn something in time"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "particularly for a performance"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"roman": "niwakajitate",
"word": "俄仕立て: hasty"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "a farce",
"roman": "niwaka kyōgen",
"ruby": [
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"俄芝居",
"にわかしばい"
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],
"word": "俄芝居: a 俄狂言"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"roman": "niwaka daijin",
"word": "俄大尽: sudden wealth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "someone who has become suddenly wealthy"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "someone who has become suddenly wealthy",
"roman": "niwaka chōja",
"ruby": [
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"にわかちょうじゃ"
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],
"word": "俄長者"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"roman": "niwaka zukuri",
"word": "俄作り: hasty"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"roman": "niwaka dōshin",
"word": "俄道心: a sudden religious motivation and departure from one's home"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "a person who experiences and does such a thing"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"roman": "niwaka narikin",
"word": "俄成り金: sudden wealth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "a sudden clearing of the sky after a rain",
"roman": "niwaka biyori",
"ruby": [
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"にわかびより"
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],
"word": "俄日和"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"roman": "niwaka bugen",
"word": "俄分限: sudden wealth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"roman": "niwaka bushin",
"word": "俄普請: hasty"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "makeshift construction of a foundation"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "such a foundation"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"roman": "niwaka bungen",
"word": "俄分限: sudden wealth"
},
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"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "someone who has a sudden religious motivation and becomes a monk, nun, or other devotee",
"roman": "niwaka bōzu",
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"word": "俄坊主"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0",
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"forms": [
{
"form": "niwaka",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
"form": "nifaka",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "にわかな",
"roman": "niwaka na",
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{
"form": "にわかに",
"roman": "niwaka ni",
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"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ja-na",
"source": "inflection",
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{
"form": "にわかだろ",
"source": "inflection",
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{
"form": "niwaka daro",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"stem"
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{
"form": "にわかで",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "niwaka de",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "にわかだ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"stem",
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]
},
{
"form": "niwaka da",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"stem",
"terminative"
]
},
{
"form": "にわかな",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "niwaka na",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "にわかなら",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"hypothetical",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "niwaka nara",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"hypothetical",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "にわかであれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "niwaka de are",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "にわかではない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "にわかじゃない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "niwaka de wa nai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "niwaka ja nai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "にわかだった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "niwaka datta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "にわかではなかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "にわかじゃなかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "niwaka de wa nakatta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "niwaka ja nakatta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "にわかです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "niwaka desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "にわかではありません",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "にわかじゃありません",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "niwaka de wa arimasen",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "niwaka ja arimasen",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "にわかでした",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "niwaka deshita",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "にわかではありませんでした",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "にわかじゃありませんでした",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "niwaka de wa arimasen deshita",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "niwaka ja arimasen deshita",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "にわかで",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "niwaka de",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "にわかなら（ば）",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "niwaka nara (ba)",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "にわかだったら",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "niwaka dattara",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "にわかだろう",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "niwaka darō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "にわかに",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "niwaka ni",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "にわかさ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
]
},
{
"form": "niwakasa",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
]
}
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"hypothetical": ". なら",
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"imperfective": ". だろ",
"informal_negative": ". で は ない",
"informal_negative2": ". じゃ ない",
"informal_negative_past": ". で は なかった",
"informal_negative_past2": ". じゃ なかった",
"informal_past": ". だった",
"kana": "",
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{
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],
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"other": "にわか"
},
{
"ipa": "[ɲ̟iβ̞a̠ka̠]"
}
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"Man'yōshū"
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"word": "俄ファン"
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"ref": "2019 January 27, ねことうふ, “第24話 まひろと共通の話題”, in お兄ちゃんはおしまい！:",
"roman": "“Katareru yatsu ga ite yokatta yō a shirīzu da to dore ga suki? Yappa shikkusu da yo ne~”\n“E…shikkusu? Gomen yattenai…”\n“Nanī? Niwaka-me~~”\n“Datte umareru mae no yatsu da shi nā…”",
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"english": "\"I'm just glad that there's someone I can talk to about it now / Oh, of the series, which one do you like? VI, right? Of course it's VI.\"\n\"Um… six? Sorry; I haven't played that one.\"\n\"Whaat? Ya casual~~\"\n\"Well, it is from before I was born, after all…\"",
"ref": "2019 January 27, ねことうふ, “第24話 まひろと共通の話題”, in お兄ちゃんはおしまい！:",
"roman": "“Katareru yatsu ga ite yokatta yō a shirīzu da to dore ga suki? Yappa shikkusu da yo ne~”\n“E…shikkusu? Gomen yattenai…”\n“Nanī? Niwaka-me~~”\n“Datte umareru mae no yatsu da shi nā…”",
"ruby": [
[
"語",
"かた"
],
[
"居",
"い"
],
[
"好",
"す"
],
[
"VI",
"シックス"
],
[
"何",
"なに"
],
[
"生",
"う"
],
[
"前",
"まえ"
]
],
"text": "「語れるヤツが居てよかったよー あ シリーズだとどれが好き？ やっぱVIだよね〰」\n「え…シックス？ ごめん やってない…」\n「何ぃ？ニワカめ〰〰」\n「だって生まれる前のやつだしなぁ…」",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Short for 俄ファン (niwaka fan, “(Internet slang) bandwagon fan”)."
],
"links": [
[
"俄ファン",
"俄ファン#Japanese"
],
[
"Internet",
"Internet"
],
[
"slang",
"slang"
],
[
"bandwagon fan",
"bandwagon fan"
]
],
"tags": [
"abbreviation",
"alt-of"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"other": "にわか"
},
{
"ipa": "[ɲ̟iβ̞a̠ka̠]"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Man'yōshū"
],
"word": "にわか"
}
Download raw JSONL data for にわか meaning in All languages combined (14.6kB)
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