English–Japanese
“somehow” in Japanese
How to say “somehow” in Japanese
“Somehow” in Japanese is どうにか (dōnika).
Expresses that an outcome is reached by some means, even when the exact method is unclear or success is only just achieved.
Example sentences with どうにか
今日はどうにか仕事に間に合いました。kyō wa dō ni ka shi goto ni ma ni a i ma shi ta
Somehow I made it to work on time today.
Tips for using どうにか
- In everyday conversation, どうにか (dōnika) often suggests effort and difficulty, so it can sound stronger than a neutral statement that something happened somehow.
Other Japanese words for “somehow”
なんだか変です。na n da ka hen de su
Somehow, I feel strange.