adverbial N4 common politewritten teineigo (polite)
いかが — how / how about ~?
いかが
Meaning
- how / how about ~? — the polite equivalent of どう, for asking opinions or politely offering things
Key sentence
コーヒーはいかがですか。
Would you like some coffee?
Usage
The polite (teineigo) counterpart of どう — used to ask how something is, or to offer/suggest something courteously, especially to customers and superiors.
Examples
お加減はいかがですか。
How are you feeling?
来週の月曜日はいかがでしょうか。
How would next Monday suit you?
もう一杯いかがですか。
How about another glass?
Easily confused with
Notes
- いかがでしょうか is an even softer, more deferential form, common in business and service speech.
See いかが in real sentences
Jengo shows いかが the way you actually meet it: inside real Japanese sentences, so it sticks instead of staying an abstract rule.
Study it in JengoSources Compiled with reference to A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar.