なんだ

Japanese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [nã̠nda̠]

Phrase

なんだ • (nanda) ^{←なんだ (nanda)^?}

(more informal) Alternative form of なのだ (na no da)
- 1928, Motojirō Kajii, Sakura no ki no shita ni wa [Under the cherry trees]‎, Modern kanji and kana edition:
  
  桜(さくら)の樹(き)の下(した)には屍(し)体(たい)が埋(う)まっている！これは信(しん)じていいことなんだよ。
  Sakura no ki no shita ni wa shitai ga umatte iru! Kore wa shinjite ii koto nanda yo.
  There are dead bodies buried under the cherry trees! This is something you should believe.

Etymology 2

Alternative spelling
何だ

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) なんだ [náꜜǹdà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
IPA^(key): [nã̠nda̠]

Interjection

なんだ • (nanda) ^{←なんだ (nanda)^?}

Used in reproach.
Used in relief.
なんだ、ただの猫(ねこ)か。
Nanda, tada no neko ka.
Oh… just a cat.

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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