"なんとなく" meaning in All languages combined

See なんとなく on Wiktionary

Adverb [日本語]

IPA: [nã̠nto̞na̠kɯ̟ᵝ]
  1. 明確な理由が無いさま。
    Sense id: ja-なんとなく-ja-adv-qo~hCOrl
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 何処と無く, 何故か, 何か, 何だか, 何とはなしに, 漫ろ
Categories (other): 日本語, 日本語 副詞, 日本語 国際音声記号あり

Inflected forms

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    {
      "kind": "other",
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      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "日本語 副詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "日本語 国際音声記号あり",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "日本語",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adv",
  "pos_title": "副詞",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              5
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "（久生十蘭『キャラコさん』）",
          "text": "なんとなくいい気持で、うっとりとなる。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "明確な理由が無いさま。"
      ],
      "id": "ja-なんとなく-ja-adv-qo~hCOrl"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "form": "なんとなく",
      "raw_tags": [
        "東京式"
      ],
      "roman": "[nàńtónáꜜkù]",
      "tags": [
        "Nakadaka"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[nã̠nto̞na̠kɯ̟ᵝ]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "何処と無く"
    },
    {
      "word": "何故か"
    },
    {
      "word": "何か"
    },
    {
      "word": "何だか"
    },
    {
      "word": "何とはなしに"
    },
    {
      "word": "漫ろ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "なんとなく"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "日本語",
    "日本語 副詞",
    "日本語 国際音声記号あり"
  ],
  "lang": "日本語",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adv",
  "pos_title": "副詞",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              5
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "（久生十蘭『キャラコさん』）",
          "text": "なんとなくいい気持で、うっとりとなる。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "明確な理由が無いさま。"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "form": "なんとなく",
      "raw_tags": [
        "東京式"
      ],
      "roman": "[nàńtónáꜜkù]",
      "tags": [
        "Nakadaka"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[nã̠nto̞na̠kɯ̟ᵝ]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "何処と無く"
    },
    {
      "word": "何故か"
    },
    {
      "word": "何か"
    },
    {
      "word": "何だか"
    },
    {
      "word": "何とはなしに"
    },
    {
      "word": "漫ろ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "なんとなく"
}

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