JLPT N1 · Adverb

なんだかんだ (nandakanda)

なんだかんだ is a Japanese adverb meaning “something or other; one thing or another”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: なんだかんだ
Romaji: nandakanda
Word class: Adverb
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

something or other; one thing or another; this or that · adverb · usually written in kana

Example sentences

彼は、なんだかんだ言って支払いを延期した。

He delayed payment on some pretext or other.

Tatoeba #97770

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

Source: JMdict entry 1188360 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.