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    3. 何と言うか

    何と言うか

    何なんと​言いう​か​

    how should I put it?

    KMT8Ref L1ExpressionsCore ConceptsKanji Vocab21 strokes

    なんと言うか

    なんというか

    Expressions

    1.
    how should I put it?, what shall I say?, well, you know, like
    word usually written using kana alone

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    彼かれの説せつ明めいは、何なんと言いうか、少すこし分わかりにくかった。

    His explanation was, how should I put it, a little hard to understand.

    KMT7Core Concepts
    その映えい画がは、何なんと言いうか、感かん動どう的てきで、忘わすれられない体たい験けんだった。

    That movie was, how should I put it, moving, an unforgettable experience.

    KMT8Core ConceptsEmotions & Psychology
    この文ぶん法ぽうの使つかい方かたは、何なんと言いうか、日に本ほん語ご学がく習しゅう者しゃにとって少すこし難むずかしいかもしれません。

    The usage of this grammar, how should I put it, might be a little difficult for Japanese learners.

    KMT8Core ConceptsEducation
    今きょ日うの天てん気きは、何なんと言いうか、変へんな感かんじだね。晴はれているのに風かぜが強つよい。

    Today's weather is, how should I put it, strange, isn't it? It's sunny but windy.

    KMT8Daily LifeWeather & Geography
    彼かの女じょの意い見けんは、何なんと言いうか、既き存ぞんの枠わくにとらわれない、非ひ常じょうに斬ざん新しんなものだった。

    Her opinion was, how should I put it, very novel, not bound by existing frameworks.

    KMT9Core ConceptsEmotions & Psychology

    Characters that make up this word

    何
    なに・なん・なに-・なん-…(2)
    what
    Kanji
    言
    い.う・こと…(3)
    say・word
    Kanji
    と
    to
    Kana
    う
    u
    Kana
    か
    ka
    Kana
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