Category: N1 Grammar

かたがた, がてら, and かたわら This page explains かたがた、がてら, and かたわら、expressions that mean “while” or “at the same time”. かたがた Do A and BNoun + かたがた かたがたis most similar to ついでにIt expresses that you did...

いかん いかん is a variant of いか, “how” (どう). It is old and literary. It is fairly rare. This particular usage is only used in set phrases, and means something like “how (it is)”The...

いか いか is an old, more formal variant of どう/どんな (how).いか(が) is sometimes written as 如何 (Same as the kanji for どう)いか almost never appears by itself, instead appearing in conjunction with a particle.This page...