Japanese edit

Etymology edit

Kanji in this term
いか
Grade: 4
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
爭で (kyūjitai)
如何で
怎で

From 如何 (ika, of what) +‎ (de, in), literally in what kind of, from いかにて (ikanite).[1]

Adverb edit

(いか) (ikade

  1. how

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ 如何で・争で”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000