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何なんとなく

rarely used kanji formusually written using kana aloneadverb

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なんとなく

Meanings

somehow, for some reason (or other), without knowing why

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Example sentences

今日きょうは何なんとなく気分きぶんが優すぐれない。

Somehow, I'm not feeling well today.

彼女かのじょの言葉ことばが何なんとなく気きになって、一日中いちにちじゅう考かんがえていた。

For some reason, her words bothered me, and I kept thinking about them all day.

何なんとなくこの仕事しごとは自分じぶんに向むいていない気きがする。

Somehow I have the feeling that this job doesn't suit me.

理由りゆうはないが、何なんとなくあの店みせには入はいりたくなかった。

There was no particular reason, but for some reason I didn't want to go into that shop.

長年ながねんの経験けいけんから、何なんとなく状況じょうきょうの変化へんかを察知さっちできるようになった。

Through years of experience, I have come to be able to sense changes in the situation without quite knowing why.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)