いかんせん

Japanese

Alternative spelling
如何せん

Alternative forms

  • (literary) いかんせむ (ikansemu)

Etymology

Contraction of いかんせむ; in turn from 如何 (ikan, “however”) +‎ せ (se, the 未然形 (mizenkei, “irrealis form”) of verb す (su, “to do”)) +‎ む (mu, volitional suffix).[1] See む (mu, volitional suffix) for more detail.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ikã̠ɰ̃sẽ̞ɴ]

Adverb

いかんせん • (ikansen) 

  1. unfortunately; regrettably; alas

References

  1. ^ “如何せん”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
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