Illustration: On an ordinary bench beside a Japanese neighborhood footpath, a young woman has begun smiling to herself for no apparent reason. Nothing unusual is happening: bicycles are parked neatly, a passerby carries groceries, and the nearby flower bed is unremarkable.

JLPT N3adverbLevel estimated by Bebop

なんとなく

nantonaku

somehow, for some reason

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしはなんとなく彼かれの家いえを見みつけた。

    Somehow or other I found his house.

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  2. その事件じけんには何なんとなく気味きみの悪わるいところがあった。

    There was something weird about the incident.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 何なんとなくはわかりました。

    I sort of understand.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

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