"どうにか" meaning in Japanese

See どうにか in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

Forms: dō ni ka [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|adverb|どう に か}} どうにか • (dō ni ka)
  1. somehow or other, some way or another
    Sense id: en-どうにか-ja-adv-Wt14B2yU Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 63 0 37 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 61 0 39 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 60 0 40 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 62 0 38 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 64 0 36
  2. something
    Sense id: en-どうにか-ja-adv-P8m2iUWd

Verb

Forms: どうにかする [canonical], dō ni ka suru [romanization], どうにかし [stem], どうにかした [past]
  1. manage somehow, manage in some way or another (to do), by any means to Derived forms: どうにかなる (dō ni ka naru), どうにかして (dō ni ka shite), どうにかこうにか (dō ni ka kō ni ka), どうにかできる (dō ni ka dekiru), どうにかなりそう (dō ni ka narisō)
    Sense id: en-どうにか-ja-verb-ZquR243F Categories (other): Japanese verbs without transitivity Disambiguation of Japanese verbs without transitivity: 28 19 53

Alternative forms

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      "roman": "dō ni ka dekiru",
      "word": "どうにかできる"
    },
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Download raw JSONL data for どうにか meaning in Japanese (1.9kB)

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