なんで
See also:
なんて
Japanese
Etymology 1
Alternative spelling
何で
Pronunciation
(
Tokyo
)
な
んで
[náꜜǹdè]
(
Atamadaka
– [1])
[1]
IPA
(key)
:
[nã̠nde̞]
Adverb
なんで
• (
nande
)
why
?
(
transport
)
how
? by what means?
なんで
ここ
に
来
(
き
)
ました
か
。
Nande
koko ni kimashita ka.
How
did you get here? (by walking? driving? etc...)
Usage notes
Chiefly informal language. Although usage of
なんで
in
丁寧語
does not necessarily violate the
register
, it has a casual tone, making
どうして
preferable in most polite contexts.
Synonyms
どうして
(
dōshite
)
なぜ
(
naze
)
Particle
なんで
• (
nande
)
(
informal
)
Contraction of
なので
(
na no de
)
.
References
1998
,
NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典
(
NHK
Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary
)
(in Japanese),
Tōkyō
:
NHK
, →ISBN
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