なんとなく

nantonaku

somehow or other
for some reason or another

adverb

Also written 何となく

Chinese meanings

不知为何；隐约

Examples

Furigana

私はなんとなく彼の家を見つけた。
Somehow or other I found his house.
我不知怎么找到了他的家。
Tatoeba #159194
何なんとなくはわかりました。
I sort of understand.
我大致明白了。
Tatoeba #187763

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('d879d1dee2'); // なんとなく

{
  "id": "d879d1dee2",
  "word": "なんとなく",
  "reading": "なんとなく",
  "romaji": "nantonaku",
  "meanings": [
    "somehow or other",
    "for some reason or another"
  ],
  "level": "N2",
  "pos": [
    "adv"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1599730,
  "other_forms": [
    "何となく"
  ],
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "私はなんとなく彼の家を見つけた。",
      "en": "Somehow or other I found his house.",
      "tatoeba_id": 159194
    },
    {
      "ja": "何となくはわかりました。",
      "furigana": "{何|なん}となくはわかりました。",
      "en": "I sort of understand.",
      "tatoeba_id": 187763
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "bb01b909caec8e3db329267ec601ebd57343f33b640f776414a40f411a9777fb",
    "meanings": [
      "不知为何",
      "隐约"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "私はなんとなく彼の家を見つけた。",
        "zh": "我不知怎么找到了他的家。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "何となくはわかりました。",
        "zh": "我大致明白了。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n2/d879d1dee2",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1599730; local JMdict_e.gz",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "e4229ebb9dad53cb3103319174aa647fca4c0d0486dbbe4a33f9e3e271cc89cb"
  }
}