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なんか • (nanka )
何か : ( adverbial particle, dismissive, derogatory ) emphasizes disgust, contempt, or otherwise negative feelings of the speaker : whatever
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なんか 変( へん ) な感( かん ) じ がする 。Nanka hen na kanji ga suru.Something feels off (and I can't explain it ).
なんか ( nanka ) Usually followed by a verb which conveys some kind of undervalue, lacking, or dislike, often in the negative.
なんか ( nanka ) Can be used immediately following い -adjectives followed by の or in the ~く form, as long as the following clause is negative. For な -adjectives, だ or の is put before なんか .
Below are examples of なんか following:
Nouns:
助( じょ ) 言( げん ) なんか 要( い ) らない。Jogen nanka iranai. I don't need any of your damn advice.
Verbs:
泳( およ ) ぐなんか できない。Oyogu nanka dekinai. I can't swim or anything .
Adjectives:
大( おお ) きくなんか ないけど、きれいだ。Ōkiku nanka nai kedo, kirei da. It's not big or anything , but it's clean.
( slightly more formal ) なんて ( nante )
( more formal ) など ( nado )
For pronunciation and definitions of なんか – see the following entries.
【南下 】
[noun] going south
[verb] to go south
(This term, なんか ( nanka ) , is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)