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How to say 'How' in Japanese | 何て

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The Japanese word for How is 'Nante', written as 何て in Japanese.'How' in hiragana is なんて.

    word

    何て

    Meaning

    How

    Reading

    なんて

    nante

    Kanji

    What

    Explanation

    The Japanese adverb '何て (なんて)' is used to express surprise, emphasis, or admiration. It often translates to 'how' in English and is commonly used in exclamatory sentences. For example: How beautiful!「何て美しい!」(なんてうつくしい!). How kind!「何て親切なの!」(なんてしんせつなの!). It can also be used to downplay something, as in 'It's nothing special'「何てことない」(なんてことない). Note that '何て' is informal and is often used in casual conversation.

    Part Of Speech

    adverb

    Kanji JLPT

    N5

    Kanji Grade

    2

    Frequency

    5088

    Composition

    kanji-hiragana

    Handwriting

Kanji in the Word 何て

This word contains 1 kanji character:

  • kanji

    Meaning

    What

Hiragana in the Word 何て

This word contains 1 Hiragana character :

  • hiragana

    Reading

    Te

Words Related to 何て Through the Kanji

These 27 Words contain the Kanji 何 as well.

  • word

    Meaning

    What

  • word

    何時

    Meaning

    When

  • word

    何処

    Meaning

    Where

  • word

    何の

    Meaning

    Which

  • word

    何故

    Meaning

    Why

  • word

    何れ

    Meaning

    Which, Eventually

  • word

    何方

    Meaning

    Where, Which

  • word

    何か

    Meaning

    Something

  • word

    何度

    Meaning

    How many times, What degree

  • word

    如何に

    Meaning

    How

  • word

    如何

    Meaning

    What, How

  • word

    如何なる

    Meaning

    Any

  • word

    何事

    Meaning

    Matter, Incident

  • word

    何しろ

    Meaning

    Anyway

  • word

    何とか

    Meaning

    Somehow

  • word

    何より

    Meaning

    Best

  • word

    何と

    Meaning

    What, How

  • word

    何となく

    Meaning

    Somehow

  • word

    何だか

    Meaning

    Somehow

  • word

    何で

    Meaning

    Why

  • word

    何千

    Meaning

    Thousands

  • word

    何百

    Meaning

    Hundreds

  • word

    何十

    Meaning

    Dozens

  • word

    何者

    Meaning

    What, Who

  • word

    何時頃

    Meaning

    When

  • word

    何物

    Meaning

    Something

  • word

    何遍

    Meaning

    Times, How many times

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What does 'Nante' (何て) mean?

'Nante' means 'How' .

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