仮に

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 仮に, read かりに, is built from suppositional or provisional 仮 plus adverbial に.
• Basic usage: 仮に雨が降っても sets up a supposition, while 板で仮にふさぐ means doing something temporarily.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Distinguishing meanings
  • In the suppositional sense it combines with a conditional clause; in the temporary sense it modifies an action as nonpermanent.