Pronoun
what
今のアナウンスは何だったのですか。What did the announcement just say? you-know-what; that thing
whatsit; whachamacallit; what's-his-name; what's-her-name
Noun
penis; (one's) thing; dick
ColloquialUsually written using kana aloneesp. ナニ
Adverb (fukushi)
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest
with neg. sentence
Interjection (kandoushi)
what?; huh?
indicates surprise
hey!; come on!
indicates anger or irritability
oh, no (it's fine); why (it's nothing); oh (certainly not)
used to dismiss someone's worries, concerns, etc.
Characters in this word
1何
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Dictionary and index codes (34)
| Code | Reference |
|---|---|
| 1-2-5, 3-4-3 | SKIP code |
| 2a5.21 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2122.0 | Four corner code |
| 2149 | deroo |
| 4f55 | Unicode hex code |
| 1-18-31 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 409 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 169 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 65 | New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 73 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 45 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 48 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1012 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1087 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 471 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 513 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 254 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 511 | Morohashi |
| 80 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 390 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 392 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 51 | sakade |
| 15 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 86 | henshall3 |
| 137 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 43 | crowley |
| 80 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 2.2 | busy_people |
| 73 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1021 | Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette) |
| he2, he4 | Pinyin reading |
| ha | Korean reading |
| n5 | JLPT level (KANJIDIC2) |
| 5 | WaniKani level |