► 代名詞
何 [(1)なに] meaning: anything rank: 1
☆ 今の所詳しいことは何も分からない ⇨ At this point we don’t know anything in details
何 [(1)なに] [何より] meaning: anything rank: 1
☆ 何よりも健康が一番大切だ ⇨ Health is the most important over anything else
☆ 何より悔しいのは… ⇨ What bothers me more than anything is …
何 [(1)なに] meaning: what rank: 1
☆ あいつ何言ってんだ？ ⇨ What the hell is he talking about?
☆ それ何？ ⇨ What is that?
☆ 何がそんなに気に入らないんだ？ ⇨ What is that you’re upset about?
☆ 何が言いたいんだ？ ⇨ What do you really want to say? What are you insinuating?
☆ 何？ ⇨ What? (☛ When “what’s wrong?” or “what are you looking at?”, the stress will be on な. When “what did you just say?”, the stress will be on に)
何 [(1)なに] meaning: whatever rank: 1
☆ 彼には何を言っても無駄だ ⇨ It won’t do any good no matter what you tell him
► 副詞
何 [(1)なに] meaning: nothing rank: 1
☆ 彼は何の苦労もせずに育った ⇨ He grew up without experiencing any hardship
☆ 彼は何不自由無く育った ⇨ He grew up without experiencing any hardship
何 [(1)なに] [何も無い] meaning: nothing rank: 1
☆ 何も心配することは無い ⇨ There’s nothing to worry about
► 感嘆詞
何 [(1)なに] [coll] meaning: rank: 3
☆ 何、また機会はあるよ ⇨ Oh well, there is gonna be another opportunity
☆ 何、これくらい平気ですよ ⇨ Oh well, this is not a big deal (☛ Used when speaker thinks something is not that significant, serious, etc.)
► 接頭辞
何 [(1)なん] meaning: how many rank: 1
☆ レースは何周ですか？ (なんしゅう) ⇨ How many laps are there in the race? (☛ Always precedes a counting word)
☆ 何個必要？ (なんこ) ⇨ How many do we need? (☛ Always precedes a counting word)
何 [(1)なん] [何～も] meaning: many rank: 1
☆ 彼女は猫を何匹も飼っている (なんびき) ⇨ She has many cats (☛ Always precedes a counting word. Note the difference with 何～か)
☆ 洪水で何人ものの人が死んだ (なんにん) ⇨ Many people died in the flood (☛ Always precedes a counting word. Note the difference with 何～か)
何 [(1)なん] [何～か] meaning: several rank: 1
☆ 彼女の小説は何冊か読んだ ⇨ I’ve read several of her novels (☛ Always precedes a counting word. Note the difference with 何～も)
☆ 試しに何個か買ってみた ⇨ I bought several of it to try (☛ Always precedes a counting word. Note the difference with 何～も)
More examples:
- そんなことをして何の意味があるのか分からない ⇨ I don’t understand what is the meaning, point, of doing something like that
- 何でそんなに怒ってるの？ ⇨ Why are you so angry?
- 何遍説明されても分からない ⇨ I still don’t understand no matter how many times it is explained to me
- 何これ？すごくまずいね ⇨ What is this? This tastes like garbage
- 彼は何個有るか数えた ⇨ He counted how many there were
- 何か嫌な予感がする ⇨ I just have a bad feeling
- 彼女は何でも高価なものでないと満足しない ⇨ She won’t be satisfied with anything unless it is expensive
- お店何時まで開いていますか？ ⇨ Until what time does your store stay open? When does it close?
- 何度も練習したら出来るようになった ⇨ I had practiced many times and I learned how to do it
- 彼が何故ああいうことをするのか理解に苦しむ ⇨ I struggle to understand why he would do such thing
- 何、この臭い匂い？ ⇨ What is this stinky smell?
- 彼女は泣き喚くばかりで何が起こったのか分からない ⇨ She just cries and screams and I can’t tell what happened
- 何のこれしき！ ⇨ This won’t defeat, stop, me!
- 彼は何度失敗しても挫けない ⇨ He never gets demoralized no matter how many times he fails
- 彼の子供が何者かにさらわれた ⇨ His child has been kidnapped by someone