俄にわか盲めくら

noun

sudden blindness

Refers to the condition of suddenly losing one's sight. The term is now considered sensitive and is rarely used; modern medical or descriptive language would use other expressions.

• 昔むかしの文ぶん献けんには「俄にわか盲めくら」という言こと葉ばが見みられるが、現げん在ざいでは差さ別べつ的てきとされる。

  The term 俄盲 appears in old documents, but it is now considered discriminatory.

noun

person suddenly blinded

Refers to a person who has suddenly lost their sight. Like sense 1, this usage is sensitive and largely obsolete; modern Japanese would use more respectful phrasing.

• 「俄にわか盲めくら」という呼よび方かたは、今いまでは使つかうべきではない。

  The term 俄盲 should not be used nowadays.