► 副詞
何と [(1)なんと] meaning: how rank: 2
☆ 何と御礼をしたらいいことやら ⇨ I don’t know how to thank you
何と [(1)なんと] [liter] meaning: surprise rank: 2
☆ この絵はなんと10億円もするそうだ ⇨ I heard this painting is valued at incredible 10 billion yens
☆ 彼女は毎日化粧になんと一時間も掛けるそうだ ⇨ She spends whopping one hour for makeup every day (☛ Express surprise, wonder for the amount, extent of something)
何と [(1)なんと] [liter] meaning: what rank: 2
☆ 何と愚かな奴だ ⇨ What a stupid person he is
More examples:
- コロナの予防接種を受けたが何とも無かった ⇨ I had COVID vaccines but didn’t have any side effect
- 何とかなるさ ⇨ Things will somehow work out
- 何とか言ったらどうだ？ ⇨ Why don’t you say something? Why are you keeping mum?
- 彼は何とかその場を収めようとした ⇨ He tried to calm everybody down, stabilize the situation
- 大変なのは分かってるんですけど、何とかなりませんか？ ⇨ I know it’s very difficult, but could you somehow make it work?
- 我々は何とか難局を乗り切った ⇨ We somehow managed through difficult circumstances
- 彼は何とか費用を算段した ⇨ He somehow came up with the money
- 彼はレース活動を続けるための費用を何とか捻出した ⇨ He somehow came up with the money to continue his racing activities
- 黙りこくってないで何とか言え ⇨ Stop being silent and say something
- 何とも形容し難い味 ⇨ A taste you can’t really describe
- 彼は何となく怪しい ⇨ He’s somehow suspicious
- 今更如何ともし難い (いかんともしがたい) ⇨ At this point there is nothing you can do
- 彼が何と言おうとも関係無い ⇨ It doesn’t matter even if he says something, whatever he says
- 彼は燃料を何とかレースの最後迄持たせようとした ⇨ He tried to make the fuel last somehow until the end of the race
- 何とか再考してもらえませんか？ ⇨ Could you please reconsider?