いかなる

Japanese

Alternative spelling
如何なる

Etymology

Fossilization of the prenominal form of classical いかなり (ikanari), modern 如(い)何(か) (ika).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) いかなる [ìkáꜜnàrù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ika̠na̠ɾɯ̟]

Adnominal

いかなる • (ikanaru) ←いかなる (ikanaru)?

  1. (literary) what; what kind of
    いかなる結(けっ)果(か)にも責(せき)任(にん)を負(お)いません。
    Ikanaru kekka ni mo sekinin o oimasen.
    We will not bear consequences for whatever results.

Usage notes

  • Usually used with も (mo) to mean "whatever".

Synonyms

See also

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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