► 副詞
何て [(1)なんて] [coll] meaning: how rank: 2
☆ 何て言えばいいか良く分からない ⇨ I don’t know how to put it into words
何て [(1)なんて] [coll] meaning: what rank: 2
☆ 何てバカな奴！ ⇨ What a stupid guy!
► 副助詞
なんて [なんて] [coll] meaning: dismissal rank: 2
☆ 人なんて当てにならない ⇨ People are not trustworthy. You cannot count on people (☛ Interchangeable with なんか)
☆ 謝罪なんて要らない ⇨ I don’t need apology. Apology doesn’t mean anything (☛ Interchangeable with なんか)
☆ あなたのことを騙そうなんてしていない ⇨ There is no way I’ve tried to deceive you (☛ Not interchangeable with なんか)
☆ 御礼もしないなんてふざけている ⇨ It is outrageous he, she, doesn’t even thank us (☛ Not interchangeable with なんか)
☆ 明日までにやるなんてとても無理だ ⇨ There is no way we get this done by tomorrow (☛ Not interchangeable with なんか)
☆ 諦めるなんて考えたこともない ⇨ I never even thought about giving up (☛ Not interchangeable with なんか)
なんて [なんて] [coll] meaning: how about rank: 2
☆ 二人だけで温泉に行くなんてどう？ ⇨ How about going to a hot spring resort just two of us?
なんて [なんて] [coll] meaning: surprise rank: 2
☆ こんな事になるなんて思ってもいなかった ⇨ I never imagined it would turn out this way
☆ まさか彼が連続殺人犯だったなんて信じられない ⇨ I just can’t believe he was the mass murderer!
► 終助詞
なんて [なんて] [liter] meaning: surprise rank: 2
☆ まさか彼が連続殺人犯だったなんて！ ⇨ I just can’t believe he was the mass murderer!
More examples:
- なんて盆暗な奴だ ⇨ What a useless guy he is
- なんて態度だ！ ⇨ What an attitude!
- あいつに謝るなんてなんて真っ平だ ⇨ There is no way I would apologize to him
- こんな夜中に電話をかけてくるなんて非常識だ ⇨ It is a lack of common sense to call someone this late in the night
- なんて不愉快な奴だ ⇨ What an annoying bastard!
- こんな安物にそんな大金を払うなんてバカらしい ⇨ It is ludicrous to pay that much money for cheap crap like this
- 宝くじなんて当たる訳が無い ⇨ There is no chance you win a lottery
- なんて横柄な態度だ！ ⇨ What an arrogant attitude!
- あんたなんて意気地無しなの ⇨ How gutless are you?
- なんて腑抜けなこと言ってんだ ⇨ What a gutless thing for you to say
- 選りに選ってこんな時に車が壊れるなんて！ ⇨ Why my car breaks down now of all times!
- 葬式中に大声で笑うなんて不謹慎極まりない ⇨ It is extremely disrespectful to laugh out loud during a funeral
- 彼に金を貸してくれなんて、まさか頼めない ⇨ There’s no way I can ask him to lend me some money
- なんてこった！ ⇨ Oh damn! What a mess! How did this happen?
- 10キロ走なんてちょろい ⇨ A 10 km run is a piece of cake for me