どうにか

どうにか · dounika · JLPT N1 · adverb

in some way or other

dou (somehow) + ni (in) + ka (or) : 'somehow or other' in one slot

どうにか is どう (how) + に (to) + か (question/or particle), so it reads as 'how, or not'. It means 'somehow', 'one way or another'.

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