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なに
Meanings
Pronoun
1. what
2. you-know-what; that thing
3. whatsit; whachamacallit; what's-his-name; what's-her-name
Adverb
4. (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
with neg. sentence
Interjection
5. what?; huh?
indicates surprise
6. hey!
indicates anger or irritability
7. oh, no (it's fine); why (it's nothing); oh (certainly not)
used to dismiss someone's worries, concerns, etc.
Alt. forms
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31%
Pitch accent
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Top 500
Used in: 4789
Used in vocabulary (61 in total)
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
something; some kind of; for some reason
at any rate; anyhow
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Examples (200 in total)
What are you doing?
What do you see?
What're you waiting for?
What are you laughing at?
What did you want to do?
What do you need?
Hey, what are you looking at?
What are you afraid of?
What do you want to drink?
Hey, what do you like to eat?
What is missing?
What are you drawing?
What is love?
What does a Sovietologist study?
What did you get?
What did you bring?
What are you selling?
What are you saying?
What are you doing now?
Do you understand what you're saying?
I wonder what she had wanted to do?
Can I do anything?
What are you doing there?
What's inside that?
What did you use this for?
What do you want to do?
What did you do today?
You saw what happened, didn't you?
What were you doing together?
What did you make?
What's wrong with this?
So, what're you trying to say?
What are you trying to say?
What happened here?
What can you do?
What would you like to eat today?
What do you like?
What's this sound?
Why? What's the difference?
What has changed since then?
What are you worrying about?
What did you write?
What happened this time?
What are they doing?
What did you put there?
"What are you thinking about?" "Nothin'..."
I wonder what she wants.
What is he thinking!?
What are you so afraid of?
What's so funny?
What is on your face?
What are you hiding there?
What were you thinking just now?
What have you been doing?
What are they after?
What will you cook today?
What's so funny?!
What do you feel like eating?
Dad, what are you doing?
What are you so nervous about?
What? What are you talking about?
What made her do that?
I know what's right.
What do you have in your hand?
What else do you want?
What is in the desk?
What actually happened?
What do you want to do now?
I know what I said.
Do you know what you're asking?
What do you think he did?
What does he have in his hand?
"Did you say something?" "What do you think I said?"
Do you know what the difference is?
What were you doing in my room?
What are you doing here?
Oh, what is this?
What are you doing at this hour?
"What are you thinking about?" "I'm thinking about you."
What will we do together today?
What shall I do?
Tell me what you saw.
What was said by him?
What have you been doing all this while?
What do you do?
What do you plan to do?
I don't understand what I'm supposed to do.
Don't you want to know what it means?
Tell us exactly what you did.
What does it refer to?
What? I can't hear what you're saying.
Please tell me what happened.
I want you to tell me what happened.
What are you doing tonight?
What's so wrong with having dreams?
What happened at school today?
I was waiting for you yesterday. What happened?
What are you looking for here?
What happened? Why are you crying?
What in the world is this?
What is happiness to you?
What is your new friend's name?
Well, what shall we do today!
What are you doing in my bed?
Is there anything on the floor?
What do you want to ask me?
I don't care what he does.
What's the sense of working so hard?
What more could I want?
Tell me more about what happened.
What's in your car?
What were you doing at that time?
What's the horse's name?
What do you do after work?
A cute person will look cute no matter what they wear.
What is that cat doing?
What's going on there now?
What would you do if it was raining?
I don't remember what happened anymore.
"What do you want?" "I want a dog."
What is the cause of such a failure?
"What is this?" "Don't touch that."
I don't know what to do anymore.
What are you still doing here?
What must you do now?
I wonder what I should do today.
Please tell me what happened to him.
I didn't know what to do next.
Who are you? What're you doing here?
It doesn't matter what he said.
What do you want to do while you're here?
I don't know what to do next.
I don't know what to believe anymore.
I forgot what I came here to do.
Do you remember what happened that day?
I can't make out what you are trying to say.
What do you want to buy for her?
What should I do next?
What did she buy at that store?
It is up to you to decide what to do.
I can't understand what you said at all.
What did you go there for?
I wonder what he promised to do for me.
It is impossible to tell what will happen in that country.
What do you usually wear to school?
What was that girl doing in your room?
I'll always love you, no matter what happens.
What are you doing in a dark place like that?
What do you think about when you go to sleep?
What are they doing here?
It smells great. What are you cooking?
Huh? What did I come here for, again?
I've already told the police what happened.
What do you imagine when you see that picture?
At first, I didn't know what to do.
Could you tell me what to put here?
No one knows what happened then.
Please tell me what you saw then.
If I were to die, what would my family do?
No matter what I did, no one paid any attention to me.
There is no knowing what will happen in the future.
What do you spend most of your time doing?
"What do you want the most now?" "Money."
Only he and the heavens know what he experienced.
We were astonished to hear what had happened.
No matter what happens, I am prepared.
He seemed vague about what he wanted to do.
I didn't know where to go, or what to do.
I'm sorry, I don't understand what you're trying to say.
What would you like to eat if you knew the world was going to end today?
I had no idea of what she intended to do.
Our teacher told us what to read.
Please tell me in complete detail what occurred, when and where.
What is it that you want me to do now?
It was rather difficult for me to make out what he was saying.
Everything depends on what you will do.
She acted as if she didn't care what happened.
I can't understand what he wants me to do.
I don't know for certain what she is going to do.
He told me that whatever might happen, he was prepared for it.
Don't you think it of no use worrying about what will happen tomorrow?
This woman definitely knows that she doesn't know what she wants.
But my mind tells my fingers what to do.
Not knowing what to do, I stood there silently.
What was I wearing at that time? Do you remember?
He decided that if God didn't exist then everything was permitted.
What he meant by those words finally dawned on me.
Why am I shooting these guys, tell me, what have they done?
"What did you do?" "I didn't do anything."
What would you like to do tomorrow?
What's wrong? What happened?
What do you like and dislike?
What's wrong? What's making you sad?
What are you going to do in Japan?
What are you plans for tomorrow?
What's the name of this river?
Are you sure you don't remember what happened?
"What are you so mad about?" "I'm not mad about a single thing."
I'm 12 years old and what is this?
What you do is more important than what you say.