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► 成句
何だ  [なんだ]  [coll]    meaning:  appropriate  rank: 2
☆ こう言っちゃ何だけど、あいつは足手まといだよな ⇨ It might be inappropriate to say this, but he is a burden on us

► 感嘆詞
何だ  [(1)なんだ]  [coll]  [contempt]  [男]    meaning:  what  rank: 1
☆ 何だ、お? ⇨ What the fuck are you doing? Who the fuck are you?

何だ  [(1)なんだ]  [coll]  [peer]    meaning:  what  rank: 1
☆ 何だ、それだけなのか? ⇨ What, is that all?  (☛ Disappointment and annoyance, because something is not as expected)
☆ 何だ、全然大したことないじゃない! ⇨ What, it is not a big deal at all!  (☛ Disappointment and annoyance, because something is not as expected)


More examples:
  • 何だってそんなことしたんだ? ⇨ Why in the world did you do something like that?
  • 何だと、貴様 ⇨ What did you just say, you son of a bitch?
  • 何だかがする ⇨ There is some weird noise
  • 前人を何だと思ってるんだ ⇨ What does you take me for?
  • 体調いだの仕事かないだの何だのと文句い ⇨ He complains a lot saying not feeling well, work is not going well or whatever
  • わあ、何だこりゃ! ⇨ Wow, what the hell is this?
  • 誘拐犯要求は何だ? ⇨ What are the demands of the kidnapper?
  • ありゃ一体何だ? ⇨ What in the world is that?
  • 何だって? ⇨ What did you, he, she, they, say?
  • 入り口暗証番号は何だったっけ? ⇨ What was the passcode for the entrance?
  • ワーワーぐので何が何だかからなかった ⇨ Everybody was yelling at the same time and I couldn’t tell what was going on
  • 何だと? ⇨ What did you just say?
  • こう要求は何だ? ⇨ What are the demands of the other side?
  • 何だ、そりゃ? ⇨ What the hell is that? What the hell are you talking about?
  • 何が何だかからない ⇨ I don’t really understand what is what. I don’t know what is going on