如何（だ）・いかん（だ） (da ikan da)

Meaning & usage

如何（だ）・いかん（だ） is a formal expression meaning something depends on or is determined by how something is. It attaches to nouns, often with a case particle such as 如何で or 如何にかかわらず, and in the pattern いかんなく it means fully or without hindrance. It appears in written and formal speech.

Example sentences 8

1. エンジンを空回からまわりさせちゃいかん。長持ながもちさせたいからね。

   Don't race the car. We want to make it go as far as possible.

2. どんなにやりたがっても、やらせるわけにはいかん。

   No matter how much you want to do that, I can't let you.

3. 彼女は英語のスピーチコンテストでいかんなくその才能を発揮した。

   She really showed her stuff in the English speech contest.

4. 畑違いの品質管理課は如何ですか？

   How are you finding the Quality Control department?

5. 教室でおしゃべりをしてはいかん。

   Don't you talk in the classroom.

6. 先代はいつでもにこにこしている人だったけど、今度のはどうもお天気屋でいかんね。

   The previous boss smiled all the time, but the current boss has somehow become moody.

7. こんにちは、如何ですか？

   Hi, how are you?

8. それはいかんわい！

   That won't work!