何かしら (なにかしら) — somehow, something or other

何なにかしら somehow

Frequency #7366 Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common. Grade 2 4 characters adverb

nanikashira

なにかしら

Pitch高低アクセント — Tokyo-dialect pitch accent. The number is the drop position: 0 = heiban (no drop), 1 = atamadaka (drops after 1st mora), N = drops after Nth mora. The line above each mora marks high pitch; below, low. なにかしら[0] heiban 平板

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Meanings

somehow
something or other

Kanji UsedColors show the reading used in this word: blue = on’yomi (Chinese-derived), green = kun’yomi (native Japanese), purple = nanori (name readings), amber = jukujikun (whole-word readings). Uncolored tiles have no identified reading type.

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何(なに) nani what 何(なん)とか nantoka somehow 何(な)故(ぜ) naze why 何(なん)らかの nanrakano some kind of 何(なん)人(にん) nannin how many people 何(ど)処(こ) doko where 何(なん)だか nandaka somehow 何(な)故(ぜ)か nazeka for some reason

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Kanji UsedColors show the reading used in this word: blue = on’yomi (Chinese-derived), green = kun’yomi (native Japanese), purple = nanori (name readings), amber = jukujikun (whole-word readings). Uncolored tiles have no identified reading type.

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Words with 何 (24)

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