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JLPT N1 Grammar

いかにも

N1Inference / Appearance

N1 · Inference / Appearance · いかにも + adjective / いかにも + nounらしい

indeed; truly; just like

いかにも + adjective / いかにも + nounらしい

いかにも emphasizes that something truly fits an expected image or is indeed so.

It often appears with らしい or そうだ.

彼の部屋は、いかにも研究者らしい本の多い部屋だった。

His room, full of books, was just what one would expect of a researcher.

Do not always translate it as “very”; it often means “just like that image.”

The appearance perfectly fits the image.

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