いかなる

いかなる

Japanese

Alternative spelling
如何なる

Etymology

Fossilization of the prenominal form of classical いかなり (ikanari).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) いか​なる [ìkáꜜnàrù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ika̠na̠ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Conjunction

いかなる • (ikanaru) ^{←いかなる (ikanaru)?}

1. what kind; used with も (mo) to mean "no matter what kind"

   いかなる結果(けっか)にも責任(せきにん)を負(お)いません

   ikanaru kekka ni mo sekinin o oimasen

   will not bear consequences, no matter the results

   (literally, “will not bear consequences, even to any kind of result”)

Synonyms

• どんな (donna)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN