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JLPT N5 · Pronoun

何 (nan)

何 (なん, nan) is a Japanese pronoun meaning “what”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
なん
Romaji
nan
Word class
Pronoun
Level
JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. what · pronoun
  2. how many · prefix · followed by a counter
  3. many; a lot of · prefix · followed by (optional number), counter and も
  4. several; a few; some · prefix · followed by a counter and か

Example sentences

何と言ったら良いか分かりません。
I don't know what I should say.
Tatoeba #4711
ここの家、何匹猫がいるの？
How many cats are there in this house?
Tatoeba #224370
私は何軒もの店でその本を探しました。
I inquired about the book in many stores.
Tatoeba #158106

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

Kanji in 何

何
whatカ・なに・なん · 7 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 何.

何かなにかsomething何でなんでwhy?何でもなんでもany何とかなんとかsomething何分なにぶんsome何しろなにしろin any case何ともなんともreally何々なになにwhat何だかなんだか(a) little何気ないなにげないcasual

Source: JMdict entry 2846738 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.