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  [(1)だれ]  [誰か]    meaning:  anybody  rank: 1
☆ 反対意見有るは誰かいますか? ⇨ Is there anybody with an opposite opinion?
☆ 誰かとかしてよ! ⇨ Do something, anybody!
☆ 誰か志願者はいますか? ⇨ Is there any volunteer?

  [(1)だれ]  [誰でも]    meaning:  anybody  rank: 1
☆ この有名女優なら誰でもいというにはかない ⇨ It’s not like any famous actress can play this role
☆ そんなは誰でも出来る ⇨ Anybody can do things like that

  [(1)だれ]    meaning:  nobody  rank: 1
☆ 未来のことは誰にも予想出来ない ⇨ Nobody can predict the future

  [(1)だれ]  [誰も]    meaning:  nobody  rank: 1
☆ そんなは誰も言っていない ⇨ Nobody is saying things like that
☆ には誰もいない ⇨ Nobody is in the house
☆ 誰も電話ない ⇨ Nobody answers the phone

  [(1)だれ]  [誰か]    meaning:  somebody  rank: 1
☆ 茂みに誰かいる ⇨ Somebody is behind the bush
☆ 誰かがくじにたる ⇨ Somebody will win a lottery
☆ 誰かが情報らしている ⇨ Someone is leaking information
☆ 誰かけて! ⇨ Somebody, help me!
☆ 誰でもいから誰かとしたい ⇨ It can be anyone, I just want to talk to someone
☆ は誰かと違っ友達裏切ったりしない ⇨ Unlike someone, I don’t betray a friend  (☛ Often implies “someone” is “you”)
☆ 誰かと誰かはだ ⇨ Someone and someone are in love  (☛ Someone you don’t want to mention explicitly)

  [(1)だれ]    meaning:  who  rank: 1
☆ あの人誰? ⇨ Who is that?
☆ そこにいるのは誰だ?! ⇨ Who is it over there?!
☆ 宴会には誰と一緒くの? ⇨ Who are you going to the party with?
☆ は誰ですか? ⇨ Who is next?
☆ 誰がそんなことを言った? ⇨ Who said something like that?


More examples:
  • そんなもん誰でも出来る ⇨ Anybody can do something like that
  • 誰かが決断さなくてはいけない ⇨ Somebody has to make a tough decision
  • はいざとなったら誰かがけてくれると思っている ⇨ He thinks somebody will save him when he gets in real trouble
  • 初体験のことは誰でも一生憶えている ⇨ Everybody remembers first (sexual) experience for life
  • は誰にも只乗りはさせない ⇨ I won’t let anybody ride me for free, use me
  • 真犯人が誰かは最後迄分からない ⇨ You won’t find out who is the real perpetrator until the end
  • は誰? ⇨ Who’s next?
  • こんなになるとは誰も予想していなかった ⇨ Nobody expected things would turn out like this
  • 未来は誰にも予測出来ない ⇨ Nobody can predict the future
  • いることは誰もけられない ⇨ Nobody can avoid aging
  • には悩み相談するが誰もいない ⇨ He has nobody to talk to when he has a problem
  • は誰にもしまれずに建物侵入した ⇨ He entered the building without anyone suspecting
  • は誰も注意しないので乗っている ⇨ He is becoming cockier because nobody stops him
  • は誰もが不可能だと言っをやって退けた ⇨ He managed to do something everybody had said impossible
  • 社会では誰もが身分相応責任わなくてはいけない ⇨ Everybody has to bear responsibility according to his/her position in society