First opened Friday, April 28, 2006
何か
なにか
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something
Nanika is 何 (nani, “what”) plus か (ka, indefinite particle).
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Written with 何
In a sentence
なにか問題でも？
What's the matter?
なにか飲み物でも？
Would you care for something to drink?
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What Wiktionary says
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- “From 何(なに) (nani, “what”) + か (ka, indefinite particle).”
Source: Wiktionary: 何か (dump of 2026-09-02), available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Reading, meaning and part of speech from JMdict, and kanji readings from KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG).
What the labels mean
- 和語 Native Japanese
- Words that were already Japanese before Chinese vocabulary arrived — usually written with kun'yomi and often short.
- Compound
- Two or more words or stems joined into one.