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俄 (にわか): sudden, abrupt, unexpected — Japanese vocabulary

俄 is read にわか and means "sudden, abrupt, unexpected". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

俄

Reading
にわか · niwaka
Translation
sudden, abrupt, unexpected
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
にわかが

Example

にわか仕込みの知識ではその問題は解けなかった。

にわかじこみのちしきではそのもんだいはとけなかった。

Hastily acquired knowledge was not enough to solve the problem.

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