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    3. 何なのか

    何なのか

    何なんな​の​か​

    what is it (that)

    KMT8Ref L1ExpressionsCore ConceptsKanji Vocab15 strokes

    なんなのかなになのか

    Expressions

    1.
    what is it (that), the meaning of something, what something is about

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    これは一いっ体たい何なんなのか。

    What on earth is this?

    KMT7Core Concepts
    彼かれの言いっていることが何なんなのか、全まったく理 解 できない。

    I can't understand at all what he's saying.

    KMT8Core ConceptsEmotions & Psychology
    この複ふく雑ざつな文ぶん法ぽう構こう造ぞうが何なんなのか、先せん生せいに質しつ問もんした。

    I asked the teacher what this complex grammatical structure was.

    KMT8Core ConceptsEducation
    最さい新しんのAI技ぎじゅ術つが何なんなのか、専せん門もん家かが詳くわしく解かい説せつした。

    An expert explained in detail what the latest AI technology is.

    KMT8TechnologyScience & Math
    人じん生せいの意い味みが何なんなのか、哲てつ学がく者しゃは古ふるくから問といい続つづけてきた。

    Philosophers have long pondered what the meaning of life is.

    KMT9Core ConceptsReligion & Philosophy

    Characters that make up this word

    何
    なに・なん・なに-・なん-…(2)
    what
    Kanji
    な
    na
    Kana
    の
    no
    Kana
    か
    ka
    Kana
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