Illustration: Outside a neighborhood grocery, a shopper has rescued a paper bag whose bottom split open. They have spread a jacket beneath the groceries and tied its sleeves together into an awkward carrying bundle.

JLPT N3adverbLevel estimated by Bebop

なんとか

nantoka

somehow, one way or another

Example sentences

  1. なんとかその機械きかいを動うごかした。

    He managed to run the machine.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 何なんとかしろ！

    Do something!

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. そこを何なんとか。

    I hope you can do something to help me out.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

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