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何とか

JLPT N3 · Vocabulary

何とか — “somehow, manage to, one way or another”

何とか (read なんとか) means somehow, manage to, one way or another. It appears on the JLPT N3 vocabulary list and is a adverb.

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なんとか

Meaning

somehow, manage to, one way or another

何とか in a sentence

何なんとか間まに合あった。

I somehow made it in time.

The kanji in 何とか

何what, which

Words that share a kanji with 何とか

何なん; なに— what
何～なん～— what sort of ~
何かなにか— something
何でなんで— why, for what reason
何でもなんでも— anything, everything, whatever
何々なになに— such and such, what and what
何分なにぶん— anyway, after all, seeing that

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