どうして

Japanese
Alternative spellings
如何して
何うして

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ど​ーして [dóꜜòshìtè] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [do̞ːɕite̞]

Adverb

どうして • (dōshite) 

  1. why, for what reason, what for
  2. how, in what way

Usage notes

This term is often spelled in hiragana.

Synonyms

Interjection

どうして • (dōshite) 

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Usage notes

This term is often spelled in hiragana.

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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