〜いかんでは (~ikan de wa) — depending on ~ (it may even come to …)
'Depending on how this turns out, even this could happen' — a formal way to warn.
Formula (सूत्र ढाँचा)
Grammar rule (व्याकरण नियम र परिभाषा)
When to use it
- A letter comes from your language school: 'Depending on your attendance, renewing your visa may become difficult.'
- It is the stiff language of notices, company mail and the news.
Meaning
- 「〜いかんでは」has two parts — something that can vary (attendance), and one of the possible results it may bring, usually a big or bad one (visa trouble).
- After it usually comes 〜こともある・〜かもしれない・〜場合がある・〜ざるを得ない — 'this could also happen'.
How to attach
- Straight after a noun (結果いかんでは) or with 「の」
- 「いかんによっては」is used with the same meaning.
Versus what you know
- The previous point, 「いかんだ」, ends the sentence with 'it depends on that'; 「いかんでは」sits mid-sentence and points to one possible outcome after it.
- N2It means the same as 「次第では」and 「によっては」, but it is stiffer.
Watch out
- A fixed, always-true result does not follow.
- Nobody uses this stiff word for small daily things like tonight's dinner.
Examples (उदाहरणहरू)
当日の天候いかんでは、花火大会を中止する場合があります。
とうじつのてんこういかんでは、はなびたいかいをちゅうしするばあいがあります。
Depending on the weather that day, the fireworks festival may be canceled.
How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) 天候 = weather (may be good or bad) → attach 「いかんでは」 directly → then the possible result: 中止する場合があります (may be canceled) — notice language.
今後の対応いかんでは、取引を見直さざるを得ない。
こんごのたいおういかんでは、とりひきをみなおさざるをえない。
Depending on how you respond from now on, we may have no choice but to reconsider our business with you.
How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) 対応 = response, the way things are handled (good or bad) → 「いかんでは」 → then a harsh result: 見直さざるを得ない (will have no choice but to reconsider) — a business warning.
出席率いかんでは、ビザの更新が難しくなることもある。
しゅっせきりついかんでは、ビザのこうしんがむずかしくなることもある。
Depending on your attendance rate, renewing your visa may become difficult.
How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) 出席率 = attendance rate (high or low) → 「いかんでは」 → then a possible bad result: 難しくなることもある (may even become difficult).
Knowledge check (मिनी ज्ञान जाँच)
「検査の結果＿＿＿、手術が必要になるかもしれません。」— fill the blank.
💡 Hint: The sentence continues — a possible outcome follows.
N + いかんでは + a possible outcome. いかんだ ends a sentence; it does not sit in the middle.
Which sentence is natural?
💡 Hint: What follows must be a possible outcome — 'it could happen'.
After いかんでは comes one possible (often serious) outcome: 打ち切られることもある. A habit, a past event or a general fact cannot follow.
Which is closest in meaning to 「天候いかんでは」?
💡 Hint: 'Depending on the weather' or 'whatever the weather'?
いかんでは = 次第では／によっては (depending on). にかかわらず and を問わず mean the opposite — 'whatever the weather'.
Your score: /3