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► 代名詞
  [(1)なに]    meaning:  anything  rank: 1
☆ 所詳しいことは何もからない ⇨ At this point we don’t know anything in details

  [(1)なに]  [何より]    meaning:  anything  rank: 1
☆ 何よりも健康一番大切だ ⇨ Health is the most important over anything else
☆ 何よりしいのは… ⇨ What bothers me more than anything is …

  [(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?
☆ 何がそんなにらないんだ? ⇨ What is that you’re upset about?
☆ 何がいたいんだ? ⇨ 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)

  [(1)なに]    meaning:  whatever  rank: 1
☆ 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
  [(1)なに]    meaning:  nothing  rank: 1
☆ は何の苦労もせずに育った ⇨ He grew up without experiencing any hardship
☆ は何不自由無育った ⇨ He grew up without experiencing any hardship

  [(1)なに]  [何も無い]    meaning:  nothing  rank: 1
☆ 何も心配することはい ⇨ There’s nothing to worry about

► 感嘆詞
  [(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
  [(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)

  [(1)なん]  [何~も]    meaning:  many  rank: 1
☆ 彼女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)
☆ 洪水で何人ものの死んだ (なんにん) ⇨ Many people died in the flood  (☛ Always precedes a counting word. Note the difference with 何~か)

  [(1)なん]  [何~か]    meaning:  several  rank: 1
☆ 彼女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)
☆ 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:
  • わあ、何だこりゃ! ⇨ Wow, what the hell is this?
  • は何とか痛み誤魔化して走り続けようとした ⇨ I tried to somehow ignore the pain, trick myself to feel less pain, and keep running
  • それは何処でもえる ⇨ You can buy that anywhere
  • 何もさないとは言っていない ⇨ I am not saying I won’t return it to you
  • 彼女夜何をしていたのかめた ⇨ She grilled her husband about what he was doing last night
  • 書類を何度も読み返した ⇨ I read the document over and over
  • 彼女はちんと座ったまま何もわない ⇨ She just sits there quietly and won’t say anything
  • が何故ああいうことをするのか理解出来ない ⇨ I don’t understand why he would do such thing
  • あの人達あそこで何やってるんだ? ⇨ What are those people, they, doing there?
  • 言うは何一つ信用出来ない ⇨ You cannot trust a word he says
  • 任者から何の引き継ぎもけなかった ⇨ He didn’t receive any information transfer from his predecessor
  • 何度もわせるな ⇨ Don’t make me say the same thing again and again
  • 何ていやらしい言うの! ⇨ What a nasty thing to say!
  • エジプトが如何にピラミッド建造したのかは未だだ ⇨ It is still a mystery how Egyptians built pyramids
  • はいつも皮肉るだけで何の解決策提示しない ⇨ He is always sarcastic about others but never offers any solutions