2500 JLPT N2 Vocab (Tango) Lesson 59: Adverbs

Lesson 4

Adverbs

Chapter 12: Frequently Mistaken Expressions • 16 words
#1

何何事かと

one way or another, in various ways, invariably

年末ねんまつは何なにかと出費しゅっぴが多おおい。

→ At year-end, there are invariably all sorts of expenses in one way or another.

#2

何だかんだ

this and that, one thing or another, after all

何なんだかんだ言いっても、彼かれは頼たよりになる。

→ Say what you will after all, he is dependable when the chips are down.

#3

なぜか(何故か)

somehow, for some reason, mysteriously

なぜか彼女かのじょは私わたしを避さけている。

→ For some unknown reason, she has been mysteriously avoiding me.

#4

何だか

somehow, somewhat, feel like

何なんだか嫌いやな予感よかんがする。

→ Somehow, I have an ominous, uneasy premonition about this.

#5

何しろ

at any rate, after all, you see, because

何なにしろ初はじめてのことなので、緊張きんちょうしている。

→ At any rate, since it is my very first time, I am intensely nervous.

#6

何とも(〜ない)

not at all, nothing in particular, cannot say

この問題もんだいについて、何なんとも言いえない。

→ Regarding this thorny issue, I cannot say anything definitive at all.

#7

どうか(如何か)

please, somehow, I beg of you (fervent plea)

どうかお許ゆるしください。

→ I beg of you, please forgive my terrible blunder.

#8

どうにか(如何にか)

somehow or other, barely managed, by hook or crook

どうにか生活費せいかつひを稼かせがなければならない。

→ Somehow or other, I must hustle and earn enough for living expenses.

#9

どうしても(如何しても)

by all means, at any cost, no matter what; simply cannot

どうしてもあの大学だいがくに入はいりたい。

→ No matter what it takes, I desperately want to enter that university.

#10

どうせ(如何せ)

anyhow, in any case, after all (resignedly)

どうせ行いくなら、早はやく行いこう。

→ Since we are going anyway, let us depart early.

#11

どうやら(如何やら)

it seems that, apparently, by all indications

どうやら彼かれは本気ほんきらしい。

→ By all indications, it appears that he is truly in dead earnest.

#12

とにかく(兎に角)

anyway, at any rate, in any case, above all

理由りゆうはわからないが、とにかくやってみよう。

→ I don't know the reason, but at any rate, let us just try doing it.

#13

とても(〜ない)

simply cannot, utterly impossible, by no means

この荷物にもつは重おもすぎて、とても一人ひとりでは持もてない。

→ This luggage is far too heavy; it is simply impossible to carry alone.

#14

より

more, even more, increasingly

より良よい生活せいかつを目指めざして頑張がんばっている。

→ I am striving hard aiming for an even better quality of life.

#15

いかに(如何に)

how, how much, in what way, to what degree

健康けんこうがいかに大切たいせつか、病気びょうきになって初はじめてわかった。

→ Only after falling ill did I truly realize just how precious good health is.

#16

いかにも(如何にも)

truly, really, indeed, typically, just like

彼かれはいかにも自信じしんがありそうに話はなす。

→ He speaks indeed with an air of complete and absolute confidence.