Japanese Meaning Of 何で, なんで, Nande - Nihongo Master

Search Kanji Lookup Meaning of 何で(なんで) in Japanese Reading and JLPT level 何で JLPT 3 Kana Reading なんで Romaji nande Word Senses

• Parts of speech adverb (fukushi) Meaning why?; what for?
• Parts of speech Meaning how?; by what means?

Examples of 何で, なんで in a sentence

• なんで聞くの？

  Why do you ask?

• 0.3のシャー芯って何であんなに高いのですか？

  Why are '0.3' pencil leads so expensive?

• なんでもっと早くここに来なかったのだ。

  Why didn't you get here sooner?

• テニスウェアってなんでミニスカートなのかしら？

  I wonder why tennis is played in mini-skirts.

• それに、体操服もいまだにブルマーなんだよね。なんでだろ？

  And also the gym uniform is still gym shorts, isn't it? I wonder why.

• 何でそんな安っぽいペテンにひっかかるんだ。

  Why do people get fooled by such cheap schemes?

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何 JLPT 5

7 strokes

what

On'Yomi: カ

Kun'Yomi: なに, なん, なに-, なん-

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