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JLPT N5 · Adverb

どうも (doumo)

どうも is a Japanese adverb meaning “thank you; thanks”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
どうも
Romaji
doumo
Word class
Adverb
Level
JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. thank you; thanks · interjection · abbreviation
  2. much (thanks); very (sorry); quite (regret) · adverb
  3. quite; really; mostly · adverb
  4. somehow · adverb
  5. in spite of oneself; try as one might; no matter how hard one may try (to, not to) · adverb

Example sentences

お土産を頂いてご親切にどうも。
It is so nice of you to give me a present.
Tatoeba #226803
お手数かけてどうもすいません。
I'm sorry to bother you.
Tatoeba #227068
「あの人たちは、またストをやるんだろうか」「どうもそうらしいね」
"Will they go on strike again?" "I'm afraid so."
Tatoeba #237266

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Source: JMdict entry 1009000 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.