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(Japanese is indeed a difficult language, but it is not the case that you
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(He is talking as if he truly understood everything, but in reality he
understands nothing.)
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The adverb ikanimo is used when the speaker 1 writer wants to express his
emotive conviction. The adverb often occurs with such conjectural expres-
sions as - soda (as in KS(B), Exs.(c) and (d)), rashii (as in KS(C), Exs.(e)
and (0) and ydda /ydsuda (as in KS(D), Exs.(g) and (h)). Also it occurs
with the conjunction ga (as in KS(E), Exs.(j) and (k)).
e elated Expressions]
I. Every use of ikanimo in KS and Exs. can be replaced by another adverb
hontd ni 'truly' without changing the meaning. The only difference be-
tween the two is that the former is slightly more formal than the latter.

The adverb tashika ni can replace ikanimo when the latter is used in the
Pattern of ikanimo S1 ga Sz, as in KS(E) and Ex.(j).