なぜか in Japanese

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nazeka",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "adverb"
      },
      "expansion": "なぜか • (nazeka)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "somehow; for some reason"
      ],
      "id": "en-なぜか-ja-adv-L0W-OOUq",
      "links": [
        [
          "somehow",
          "somehow"
        ],
        [
          "for some reason",
          "for some reason"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "roman": "nazeka henkan dekinai",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "変換",
              "へんかん"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "なぜか変換できない"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "なぜか"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nazeka",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "adverb"
      },
      "expansion": "なぜか • (nazeka)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adv",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "nazeka henkan dekinai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "変換",
          "へんかん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "なぜか変換できない"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese adverbs",
        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Japanese hiragana",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "somehow; for some reason"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "somehow",
          "somehow"
        ],
        [
          "for some reason",
          "for some reason"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "なぜか"
}

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"なぜか" meaning in Japanese

Adverb