"どうして" meaning in Japanese

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dōshite",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "adverb"
      },
      "expansion": "どうして • (dōshite)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "85 15 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "88 12 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with language name categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "95 5 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "85 15 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "95 5 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "why, for what reason, what for"
      ],
      "id": "en-どうして-ja-adv-EgPcoXDR",
      "links": [
        [
          "why",
          "why"
        ],
        [
          "what for",
          "what for"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "roman": "naze",
          "sense": "why",
          "word": "なぜ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "roman": "nande",
          "sense": "why",
          "word": "なんで"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "how, in what way"
      ],
      "id": "en-どうして-ja-adv-s-lh9PQ0",
      "links": [
        [
          "how",
          "how"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "roman": "dō yatte",
          "sense": "how",
          "word": "どうやって"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "どーして"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[do̞ːɕite̞]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "どうして"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dōshite",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "interjection"
      },
      "expansion": "どうして • (dōshite)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "id": "en-どうして-ja-intj-47DEQpj8",
      "tags": [
        "no-gloss"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "どーして"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[do̞ːɕite̞]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "どうして"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Japanese adverbs",
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "Japanese hiragana",
    "Japanese interjections",
    "Japanese interrogative adverbs",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dōshite",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "adverb"
      },
      "expansion": "どうして • (dōshite)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "why, for what reason, what for"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "why",
          "why"
        ],
        [
          "what for",
          "what for"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "how, in what way"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "how",
          "how"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "どーして"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[do̞ːɕite̞]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "naze",
      "sense": "why",
      "word": "なぜ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nande",
      "sense": "why",
      "word": "なんで"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dō yatte",
      "sense": "how",
      "word": "どうやって"
    }
  ],
  "word": "どうして"
}

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    "Japanese adverbs",
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "Japanese hiragana",
    "Japanese interjections",
    "Japanese interrogative adverbs",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dōshite",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "interjection"
      },
      "expansion": "どうして • (dōshite)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "no-gloss"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "どーして"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[do̞ːɕite̞]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "どうして"
}