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► 副詞
何で  [(1)なんで]  [coll]    meaning:  why  rank: 1
☆ 何でそんなことをしたの? ⇨ Why did you do something like that?
☆ 何でそんなに怒ってるの? ⇨ Why are you so angry?
☆ 何でれたの? ⇨ Why were you late?


More examples:
  • は何でも簡単める ⇨ He gives everything up easily
  • あいつは何でも他人におんぶにだっこだ ⇨ He is carried and held by others. He relies on others and doesn’t do anything himself
  • 何が何でもたなくてはいけない ⇨ We need to win no matter what it takes
  • 日本人は何でも浪花節誤魔化そうとする傾向にある ⇨ Japanese tend to get carried away with emotions with everything
  • は何でも腕尽くで解決する ⇨ He solves everything with arm strength, brute force
  • は何でもめに見る ⇨ He looks at everything with bias
  • は何でも損得勘定でしかえない ⇨ He thinks everything in terms of profit and loss. He won’t do anything unless there is benefit for him
  • スター彼女好きを何でもべられないのが悩みだ ⇨ She is struggling for not being able to eat what she wants, because of her superstardom
  • 何でもいから何かべるもの有る? ⇨ Is there anything to eat? I don’t care whatever it is
  • 彼女と何でも喧嘩した ⇨ I had a fight with my girlfriend over a trivial thing
  • は何でもとことんやらないとまないだ ⇨ He’s a kind of person who needs to do everything thoroughly
  • 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
  • あなたの名字は何ですか? ⇨ What is your family name?
  • 想起させるものといえば何でしょうか? ⇨ What are the things that make you think of winter?
  • 子供は何でもかんでもいじりたがる ⇨ Kids want to fiddle with anything and everything