いかにも

Japanese

Alternative spelling
如何にも

Etymology

いかに (ikani) + も (mo)[1]

Pronunciation

Adverb

いかにも • (ika ni mo) 

  1. very, so
  2. really, just (like), truly
    • 2025 July 19, Chunichi Shimbun, number 29678, page 5:
      党や政府の考え一つで、突然ルールが変わるのはいかにも中国らしい。
      Tō ya seifu no kangae hitotsu de, totsuzen rūru ga kawaru no wa ika ni mo Chūgo-rashī.
      It is typical of China that the rules can suddenly change based on the ideas of the party or the government.
  3. indeed (conversational response)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  4. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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