Vocabulary

What does どうにか (dounika) mean?

どうにか means somehow; to barely manage.

Quick facts
Readingどうにか
Romajidounika
Part of speechadverb, suru verb
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N1
どうにか
N1 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommondounika

somehow; to barely manage

  1. 1adverb · suru verb in some way or other; one way or another; somehow

Example sentences

  • I somehow made it in time.

  • I managed to scrape together the money somehow.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

Voice: VOICEVOX Nemo.

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