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何で
なんで
N3
adverb
usually kana
Meanings
1
Why
2
What for
3
why?
4
what for?
5
how?
6
by what means?
Example sentence
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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Kanji in this word
何
What
7 strokes
More words with
何
何～
なん～ ·
what sort of ~
N5
何
なん; なに ·
what
N5
何
なに ·
what
何
なん ·
what
何か
なにか ·
something
N3
Full entry on Jisho
何度
なんど ·
how many times
何より
なにより ·
above anything else
何とか
なんとか ·
somehow
N3
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