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How to say 'How' in Japanese | 如何に

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The Japanese word for How is 'Ikani', written as 如何に in Japanese.'How' in hiragana is いかに.

    word

    如何に

    Meaning

    How

    Reading

    いかに

    ikani

    Kanji

    如As, Likeness 何What

    Explanation

    The Japanese adverb '如何に (いかに)' means 'how' and is used to inquire about the manner, degree, or extent of something. It often carries a formal or literary tone and is commonly used in written language or formal speech. For example: How did you solve the problem?「如何にその問題を解決しましたか？」(いかにそのもんだいをかいけつしましたか？). How important is this decision?「如何にこの決定が重要ですか？」(いかにこのけっていがじゅうようですか？). This adverb can also be used to express surprise or emphasis, as in 'How amazing!「如何に素晴らしい！」(いかにすばらしい！)'.

    Part Of Speech

    adverb

    Kanji JLPT

    N1

    Kanji Grade

    8

    Frequency

    839

    Composition

    kanji-hiragana

    Handwriting

Kanji in the Word 如何に

This word contains 2 kanji characters:

  • kanji

    如

    Meaning

    As, Likeness

  • kanji

    何

    Meaning

    What

Hiragana in the Word 如何に

This word contains 1 Hiragana character :

  • hiragana

    に

    Reading

    Ni

Words Related to 如何に Through the Kanji 如

These 3 Words contain the Kanji 如 as well.

  • word

    如何

    Meaning

    What, How

  • word

    如何なる

    Meaning

    Any

  • word

    如来

    Meaning

    Buddha

Words Related to 如何に Through the Kanji 何

These 27 Words contain the Kanji 何 as well.

  • word

    何

    Meaning

    What

  • word

    何時

    Meaning

    When

  • word

    何処

    Meaning

    Where

  • word

    何の

    Meaning

    Which

  • word

    何故

    Meaning

    Why

  • word

    何れ

    Meaning

    Which, Eventually

  • word

    何方

    Meaning

    Where, Which

  • word

    何か

    Meaning

    Something

  • word

    何度

    Meaning

    How many times, What degree

  • word

    如何

    Meaning

    What, How

  • word

    如何なる

    Meaning

    Any

  • word

    何事

    Meaning

    Matter, Incident

  • word

    何しろ

    Meaning

    Anyway

  • word

    何とか

    Meaning

    Somehow

  • word

    何より

    Meaning

    Best

  • word

    何と

    Meaning

    What, How

  • word

    何となく

    Meaning

    Somehow

  • word

    何だか

    Meaning

    Somehow

  • word

    何で

    Meaning

    Why

  • word

    何て

    Meaning

    How

  • word

    何千

    Meaning

    Thousands

  • word

    何百

    Meaning

    Hundreds

  • word

    何十

    Meaning

    Dozens

  • word

    何者

    Meaning

    What, Who

  • word

    何時頃

    Meaning

    When

  • word

    何物

    Meaning

    Something

  • word

    何遍

    Meaning

    Times, How many times

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'Ikani' means 'How' .

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