何で
N3なんで nande
- Why?
- What for?
adverb
Chinese meanings
为什么
Examples
- 何で彼女はそんなことをしたのか。What made her do so?她为什么做那种事?
- 何でそれを信じる気になったの。What led you to believe it?你为什么会相信那件事?
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('2d389db4db'); // 何で
{
"id": "2d389db4db",
"word": "何で",
"reading": "なんで",
"romaji": "nande",
"meanings": [
"Why?",
"What for?"
],
"level": "N3",
"pos": [
"adv"
],
"jmdict_id": 1611020,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "何で彼女はそんなことをしたのか。",
"furigana": "{何|なん}で{彼女|かのじょ}はそんなことをしたのか。",
"en": "What made her do so?",
"tatoeba_id": 187813
},
{
"ja": "何でそれを信じる気になったの。",
"furigana": "{何|なん}でそれを{信|しん}じる{気|き}になったの。",
"en": "What led you to believe it?",
"tatoeba_id": 187817
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "c45977dfe2afb2b414efc51ec03a70338cb09a4e9de73cca348dfdb4ae92a78a",
"meanings": [
"为什么"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "何で彼女はそんなことをしたのか。",
"zh": "她为什么做那种事?"
},
{
"ja": "何でそれを信じる気になったの。",
"zh": "你为什么会相信那件事?"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n3/2d389db4db",
"JMdict ent_seq 1611020; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "95ad55173ea2f39b1988d433792050661368b881a3693db5eb5a92bf87657fa2"
}
}