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表層形
如何わし
イカガワシ
形容詞

如何わし (イカガワシ)

Ikagawashi · いかがわし — suspicious, dubious, unreliable; indecent, unseemly

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如何わし in rōmaji: ikagawashi.

形容詞 一般 * *
📝 如何わしい 🔤 形容詞 📐 語幹-一般
Updated: 2026年9月26日
📖 Grammar Information
表層形 (Surface)
如何わし
見出し語 (Lemma)
如何わしい
読み (Reading)
イカガワシ
品詞 (POS)
形容詞・一般・*・*
活用型 (Conj. Type)
形容詞
活用形 (Conj. Form)
語幹-一般
表記 (Orthography)
如何わし
読み・基本形
イカガワシー
表記・基本形
如何わしい
見出し語の読み
イカガワシイ
How it's used

A formal or literary adjective meaning 'suspicious' or 'indecent,' used in written narratives or speeches rather than casual conversation.

如何わしい人物が近所をうろついている。
Ikagawashii jinbutsu ga kinjo o urotsuite iru.
A suspicious character is loitering around the neighborhood.

彼の提案は如何わしいものに思えた。
Kare no teian wa ikagawashii mono ni omoeta.
His proposal seemed dubious.

⚖️ Often confused with 'ayashii' (怪しい), which is more common and can mean 'strange' or 'suspicious' in everyday speech.

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イカガワシ
Lemma: 如何わしい
形容詞一般**
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⚡ 形容詞 (I-adjective) Inflections
丁寧形 (Polite)
如何わしいです
否定形 (Negative)
如何わしくない
過去形 (Past)
如何わしかった
て形 (Te-form)
如何わしくて
副詞形 (Adverbial)
如何わしく
仮定形 (Conditional)
如何わしければ
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