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にわか勉強 (niwakabenkyou) Japanese meaning: cramming | Kotomora

にわか勉べん強きょう

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べ

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Meanings

1

cramming; last-minute studying

Refers to intensive, hurried studying done just before an exam or deadline, often with the implication of insufficient preparation beforehand.

試し験けん前ぜん日じつににわか勉べん強きょうをしても、あまり効

こう

果か

が

ない

。

Cramming the day before the exam isn't very effective.

彼かれはいつもにわか勉べん強きょうでテストを乗のり切きる。

He always gets through tests by cramming.

Kanji

勉exertion, endeavour, encourage
強strong
俄sudden, abrupt, improvised

Related words

一いち夜や漬づけ
一夜漬け specifically refers to last-minute cramming done the night before, while にわか勉強 can refer to any hurried, short-term studying.

Written forms

にわか勉べん強きょう
Common mixed kana-kanji spelling; にわか is usually written in kana.
俄にわか勉強べんきょう
Rare kanji spelling using 俄か; the kanji 俄 is uncommon and may not be recognized by all readers.
俄にわか勉べん強きょう
Rare fully kanji spelling; the kanji 俄 is uncommon and may not be recognized by all readers.

Etymology

Compound of にわか (sudden, temporary) and 勉強 (study). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning of hurried or last-minute studying.