Illustration: At a neighborhood pottery studio, a beginner proudly holds up a strange little vessel that resembles both a teapot and a sleepy bird. Asked for an opinion, a friend has begun to speak but pauses with lips slightly parted and one hand suspended between two uncertain descriptive gestures.

JLPT N2expressionLevel estimated by Bebop

なんというか

nan to iu ka

how should I put it?

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Example sentences

「そのトムって人ひと、変人へんじんなの？」「変人へんじんってわけじゃないんだけど、なんというか、すごく個性的こせいてきなんだよ」
"This Tom guy, is he some kind of weirdo?" "I wouldn’t say he’s a weirdo. He’s just...very unique."
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
なんというか、すごい矛盾むじゅんを感かんじる。
How should I put it? I feel like there’s a huge contradiction.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · English by AI · Source
この部屋へや、なんというか、ほっとするね。
This room is, how should I put it, comforting.
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