Keyword
what
Info
FrequencyTop 100
Type
Kyōiku (2nd grade) 
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KankenLevel 9
Heisig1087
Readings
なに
(48%)
なん
(46%)
(2%)
(1%)
(1%)
Composed of
thin person
can do
Mnemonic

Imagine a really thin person lifting up a car. What?! Even such a thin person can do that?! It's a real thing actually, it's called hysterical strength.

Used in kanji (1 in total)
baggage
Used in vocabulary (548 in total)
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
Examples (200 in total)
What happened here?
So, what're you trying to say?
I don't know what to do anymore.
What are you doing now?
Hey, what happened?
What did you want to do?
What made her do such a thing?
Tell me what you want to do.
Tell me what you saw.
What did you want to say?
What are you trying to say?
I don't know what you're saying.
Do you understand what you're saying?
I wonder what she had wanted to do?
What do you think she is doing now?
What's she doing?
What does she see?
What shall I do?
Do you know what you're asking?
I know what I said.
What are you doing?
What are you looking at?
What does she do?
Do you know what I'm thinking?
What do you think he did?
I don't know what he'll do.
Do you know what he said?
What is he doing now?
I couldn't make out what he wanted to say.
Can I do anything?
What are you doing there?
What did you do there?
What were you doing there?
What are you still doing here?
What does he have in his hand?
What does she have?
What are you holding in your hand?
What must you do now?
What do you want to be?
What were you doing?
What do you have?
Hey, you! What are you doing?
Does he know what you did?
I don't know what you want to do.
What's inside that?
What's inside?
What do you see?
"Did you say something?" "What do you think I said?"
What's the point of asking me that?
So what?
Is there something in there?
Is there something you'd like to do?
Is there something you want to ask me?
Do you see anything?
Can you see anything?
Was there something you wanted to say?
Is there something you want to say?
Do you have anything to say?
I wanted to say something to him, but I didn't.
Say something.
I just don't know what to say.
What did he say?
Are you sure you don't know what it was?
I didn't know what to say.
Who do you think you are?
What did you use this for?
What will you use it for?
What is it that you really want to say?
What do you want to do?
What is this?
Yes, what is it?
Are you waiting for something?
What're you waiting for?
What are you waiting for?
I wonder what you're looking at.
I wonder what he's thinking.
What did you do today?
What are you doing today?
What do you want to do today?
What were you doing today?
What shall we do today?
What did he do today?
What did she do today?
Do you know what the difference is?
Is something different?
You know that you can tell me if something's going on, right?
You saw what happened, didn't you?
What were you doing together?
What are you two doing?
What were you doing in my room?
What are you doing in my room?
What are you doing here?
What don't you have?
What are you thinking about?
What did you see?
What are you implying?
What have you come here for?
What does he want to do?
What did I ever do to you?
What's in front of you?
Oh, what is this?
What did you make?
What are you making?
What do you make?
I feel something.
What are you laughing at?
What is that?
I know what that is.
What are you doing at this hour?
I didn't know what to say to him.
I wonder what I should do today.
I don't know what to say.
He did not know what to say.
She didn't know what to say to him.
What should I do?
Not knowing what to do, I asked him for advice.
I don't know what to do either.
What a good teacher Mr Hirayama is!
What's wrong with this?
I don't know what's wrong.
Is there anything that I can do for you?
Do you know what this is?
There's something here.
There's something inside here.
I don't know what this is.
Don't you know what this is?
Is there something there?
Did you just see something?
Let's try something.
I have to do something.
Something may have happened to him.
Did he tell you anything?
She said something to him.
Was there something you wanted to ask me?
Is there something you'd like to ask me?
Did you want to ask me something?
Is there anything you'd like to tell me?
I thought I saw something.
Is there anything you want to say?
"What are you thinking about?" "I'm thinking about you."
So what are you implying?
I don't know what you're doing now.
What do you want to become?
I didn't know where to go, or what to do.
What will we do together today?
What was said by him?
What can you do?
Have you already eaten something?
What would you like to eat today?
What will you eat today?
Did you eat anything bad?
Is there anything you want to eat?
Do you want something to eat?
Eat something.
Let's grab something to eat.
Do you have anything to eat?
I'll bring you something to eat.
What do you want to eat?
What would you like to eat?
What should I eat?
What can I eat?
What did you eat?
What are you eating?
I want to eat something.
"What did you say?" "What do you think I said?"
What? What did you say?
Wait. What did you just say?
What did you just say?
How strong he is!
He didn't know what to say.
What did she say?
What do you like?
What is your favorite soccer club?
What's your favorite Broadway musical?
What are you guys talking about?
I must say something.
Please tell me what happened to him.
I couldn't figure out what she was talking about.
Is there anything you need?
What do you need?
What was that sound?
What was that noise?
What's that sound?
What's this sound?
I wish that I could give you something.
Why? What's the difference?
What have you been doing all this while?
What do you do?
What do you do when you're not working?
You know something, don't you?
I felt something move in the house.
What do you plan to do?
What are you going to do today?
What were you planning to do?
She has no idea what I intend to do.
What shall I begin with?
I don't understand what I'm supposed to do.
Let me know as soon as anything happens.
No matter what anyone says, I plan to go.
Don't you want to know what it means?