Word Meaning 何やら

なにやら naniyara

何やら is read as なにやら (naniyara) and means for some reason.

Meaning

English

  1. for some reason
  2. something
  3. some kind of

Reading

Kana

なにやら

Romaji

naniyara

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 12 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N5 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 17080 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

何ら

なんら

what kind of

何か

なにか

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

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

Example Sentences

4

She's muttering something.

They were saying thank you and so on.

It seems we have an extravagant guest.

I couldn't have imagined that such an amount of snow would fall. I've had my work cut out shovelling ice and such all morning.