何

Meanings

1. what
2. you-know-what; that thing
3. whatsit; whachamacallit; what's-his-name; what's-her-name
4. penis; (one's) thing; dick
5. (not) at all; (not) in the slightest

Part of speech: pronoun, noun, adverb, interjection

Kanji

• 何

  Meanings

  what

  On reading

  カ

  Kun reading

  なに、なん、なに-、なん-

  Strokes

  7

Example sentences

• 今のアナウンスは何だったのですか。

  What did the announcement just say?

  Tatoeba #172752 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• 「や、それほどでも。せいぜい、大きさ比べたり、わい談するくらいだし」「大きさって何の？」「ナニの」

  "No, not so much. At most comparing sizes, telling dirty stories." "Sizes of what?" "Of 'that'."

  Tatoeba #77004 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• なによ！出来ないの？この度胸なし！腰抜けッ！

  What? You can't do it? You coward! Chicken!

  Tatoeba #75472 · CC BY 2.0 FR