何か

なにか · nanika · JLPT N3 · noun

something

📦 何か = 何 (what) + か (question marker): a what-or-other → something

何 nani means what, and the particle か marks uncertainty. Together they mean some unknown thing, so 何か is something. The same pattern gives 誰か (someone) and どこか (somewhere).

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