にわかじこみ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
俄仕込み にわか仕込み

Etymology

From 俄(にわか) (niwaka) + 仕込(しこ)み (shikomi, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 仕込(しこ)む (shikomu).”). The shikomi changes to jikomi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) にわかじこみ [nìwákájíꜜkòmì] (Nakadaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [ɲ̟iɰᵝa̠ka̠ʑiko̞mʲi]

Noun

にわかじこみ • (niwakajikomi) ^{←にはかじこみ (nifakazikomi)?}

1. being hastily prepared

   にわか仕(じ)込(こ)みの知(ち)識(しき)

   niwakajikomi no chishiki

   hastily-acquired knowledge

Synonyms

• 付(つ)け焼(や)き刃(ば) (tsukeyakiba)