Illustration: A resident pauses just inside their familiar apartment living room, one slipper on and the other still dangling from their toes. Nothing obvious is wrong: the low table, cushions, houseplant, and folded blanket are all in ordinary places.

JLPT N3adverbLevel estimated by Bebop

なんだか

nandaka

somehow, somewhat

Example sentences

  1. なんだかめまいと吐はき気けがします。

    I feel sort of dizzy and I feel like throwing up.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 何なんだか疲つかれました。

    I’m sort of tired.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 彼女かのじょから来きた手紙てがみを見みたとき、彼かれは何なんだか胸騒むなさわぎがした。

    When he saw her letter, he felt somewhat uneasy.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

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