"なんで" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [Japanese]

IPA: [nã̠nde̞] Forms: nande [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|adverb}} なんで • (nande)
  1. why?
    Sense id: en-なんで-ja-adv-9bK5i~RL
  2. (transport) how? by what means? Categories (topical): Transport
    Sense id: en-なんで-ja-adv-Q3icw5M8 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese entries with language name categories using raw markup, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese particles, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 21 60 19 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with language name categories using raw markup: 18 71 11 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 11 71 18 Disambiguation of Japanese particles: 16 72 12 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 19 65 17 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 11 69 19 Topics: transport
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: どうして (dōshite), なぜ (naze)
Etymology number: 1

Particle [Japanese]

Forms: nande [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|particle}} なんで • (nande)
  1. (informal) Contraction of なので (na no de). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, informal Alternative form of: なので (extra: na no de)
    Sense id: en-なんで-ja-particle-YILPfus2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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