How to say 'Anyway' in Japanese | 何しろ

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The Japanese word for Anyway is 'Nanishiro', written as 何しろ in Japanese.'Anyway' in hiragana is なにしろ.

word

何しろ

Meaning

Anyway

Reading

なにしろ

nanishiro

Kanji

何What

Explanation

The Japanese adverb '何しろ (なにしろ)' is used to emphasize a reason or situation, often translated as 'anyway', 'after all', or 'in any case'. It is commonly used to introduce a justification or explanation for something. For example: Anyway, it's too late now「何しろ、もう遅い」(なにしろ、もうおそい). After all, he's the boss「何しろ、彼は上司だ」(なにしろ、かれはじょうしだ). This word is often used in conversational contexts to stress a point or to acknowledge a situation before moving forward.

Part Of Speech

adverb

Kanji JLPT

Kanji Grade

Frequency

3766

Composition

kanji-hiragana

Handwriting

Kanji in the Word 何しろ

This word contains 1 kanji character:

kanji

何

Meaning

What

Hiragana in the Word 何しろ

This word contains 2 Hiragana characters :

hiragana

し

Reading

Shi

hiragana

ろ

Reading

Words Related to 何しろ Through the Kanji 何

These 27 Words contain the Kanji 何 as well.

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何

Meaning

What

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何時

Meaning

When

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何処

Meaning

Where

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何の

Meaning

Which

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何故

Meaning

Why

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何れ

Meaning

Which, Eventually

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何方

Meaning

Where, Which

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何か

Meaning

Something

word

何度

Meaning

How many times, What degree

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如何に

Meaning

How

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如何

Meaning

What, How

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如何なる

Meaning

Any

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何事

Meaning

Matter, Incident

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何とか

Meaning

Somehow

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何より

Meaning

Best

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何と

Meaning

What, How

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何となく

Meaning

Somehow

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何だか

Meaning

Somehow

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何で

Meaning

Why

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何て

Meaning

How

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何千

Meaning

Thousands

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何百

Meaning

Hundreds

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何十

Meaning

Dozens

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何者

Meaning

What, Who

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何時頃

Meaning

When

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何物

Meaning

Something

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何遍

Meaning

Times, How many times

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'Nanishiro' means 'Anyway' .

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