"なんだか" meaning in Japanese

See なんだか in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: [nã̠n da̠ ka̠] Forms: nan da ka [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|adverb|なん だ か}} なんだか • (nan da ka)
  1. somehow; for some reason Synonyms: なにか, なんか
    Sense id: en-なんだか-ja-adv-L0W-OOUq Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 98 2 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 97 3 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 97 3

Phrase

IPA: [nã̠n da̠ ka̠] Forms: nan da ka [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|phrase|なん だ か}} なんだか • (nan da ka)
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 何, だ, か: what [something] is
    Sense id: en-なんだか-ja-phrase-zahRHnsb

Alternative forms

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          "english": "Campanella somehow seemed as though she was trying her hardest not to cry.",
          "ref": "1934, 宮沢賢治 [Miyazawa Kenji], 銀河鉄道の夜 (Ginga tetsudō no yoru)",
          "roman": "Kamupanerura wa, nan da ka, nakidashitai no o, isshō kenmei koraete iru yō deshita.",
          "ruby": [
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              "宮沢賢治",
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            [
              "銀河鉄道",
              "ぎんがてつどう"
            ],
            [
              "夜",
              "よる"
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            [
              "泣",
              "な"
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              "一",
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            ],
            [
              "生",
              "しょう"
            ],
            [
              "命",
              "めい"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "カムパネルラは、なんだか、泣きだしたいのを、一生けん命こらえているようでした。"
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          "text": "これが何だかわかりますか?"
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              "宮沢賢治",
              "みやざわけんじ"
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              "銀河鉄道",
              "ぎんがてつどう"
            ],
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              "夜",
              "よる"
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              "泣",
              "な"
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              "一",
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              "生",
              "しょう"
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