"なんとか" meaning in Japanese

See なんとか in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

Forms: nantoka [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|adverb}} なんとか • (nantoka)
  1. somehow, in one way or another
    Sense id: en-なんとか-ja-adv-bVuYlu55 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: 95 3 3 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 92 4 4 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 93 4 4

Noun

Forms: nantoka [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun}} なんとか • (nantoka)
  1. so-and-so, such-and-such
    Sense id: en-なんとか-ja-noun-Kp3cI3yT
  2. something
    Sense id: en-なんとか-ja-noun-P8m2iUWd

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