"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 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 64 0 36 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 60 0 40 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 63 0 37
  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: 29 19 52

Alternative forms

Download JSONL data for どうにか meaning in Japanese (2.0kB)

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