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なんで

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Japanese

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Etymology 1

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Alternative spelling
何で

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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なんで • (nande) 

  1. why?
  2. (transport) how? by what means?
    なんでここに来(き)ましたか。
    Nande koko ni kimashita ka.
    How did you get here? (by walking? driving? etc...)
Usage notes
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  • Chiefly informal language. Although usage of なんで in 丁寧語 does not necessarily violate the register, it has a casual tone, making どうして preferable in most polite contexts.
Synonyms
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Etymology 2

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Particle

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なんで • (nande) 

  1. (informal) Contraction of なので (na no de).

References

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  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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