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にわかに (niwakani) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “rapidly, at once”.
Example sentences 10
空がにわかに 暗くなったな。
The sky got dark at once.
にわかに 雨が 降ってきた。
It suddenly started raining.
司馬遼太郎の小説「俄」にも登場している。
He also appeared in the novel "Niwaka" by Ryotaro SHIBA.
江戸では、「吉原俄」として有名であった。
In Edo, it was well known as 'yoshiwara-niwaka' (niwaka played in Yoshiwara red-light district).
そうすると、俄かに二人の娘の病いは快癒する。
That two daughters got over their illness immediately.
彼の意識は俄かに、かっと燃え立ち、注意は張りつめた。
His mind suddenly became alive and attentive.
俄（にわか）とは、江戸時代から明治時代にかけて、宴席や路上などで行われた即興の芝居。
Niwaka (written in Chinese characters as
路上で突然始まり、衆目を集めたために、「俄かに始まる」という意味で、俄と呼ばれたとされる。
This comic play is believed to have been named niwaka, which is a word meaning 'sudden' or 'suddenly,' as the performance always began suddenly on the street and attracted people's attention.
漁船が入ると港は俄かに活気をおびてくる. With the arrival of the fishing boats, the port suddenly becomes animated [comes to life].後に芸として俄から独立。
Later, this type of arts separated from niwaka arts and was established as an independent type of art.
俄) is an impromptu comic play that was performed at banquets or on the streets in the Edo/Meiji periods.その後、俄や、俄から転化し2人で落語を演じる形式の軽口、浪曲の要素が混ざり合って今の形式になった。
After that, manzai began including elements of Niwaka (an impromptu comic play), Karukuchi, which was transformed from Niwaka and had a form of rakugo played by two persons, as well as Rokyoku (recitation of a kind of sung narrative), and reached its present form.