Word Meaning 何それ

なにそれ nanisore

何それ is read as なにそれ (nanisore) and means what the?.

Meaning

English

  1. what the?
  2. what's that?
  3. what are you doing?
  4. what's going on?

Reading

Kana

なにそれ

Romaji

nanisore

Writing Variants

  • 何ソレ なにそれ nanisore

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 10 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N5 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 130616 Priority U

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

何か

なにか

(so) what (are you trying to say)?

何ら

なんら

what kind of

何人

なにびと

anyone

なに

what

何とか

なんとか

somehow

何十

なんじゅう

(several) tens

何より

なにより

above anything else

何でも

なんでも

I am told

何時でも

いつでも

(at) any time

何と

なんと

oh my

何とも

なんとも

(not) anything

何百

なんびゃく

hundreds

Example Sentences

4

Wow! What's that?

What does that mean? I don't understand.

"Mom, why do you like this house so much?" "Hmm, I don't really know why." "What?" "Oh, never mind that. Now eat your food."

"Have you heard of the Mariko Aoki phenomenon?" "What's that?" "It's when you feel the urge to go to the toilet after you enter a bookstore. It's named after the person who first wrote about it." "Well then, it's a lot better than having to say it directly, but I wonder what Mariko Aoki thinks of it."