～なんか

When to use

Casual など, often dismissive (お金なんかいらない).

Explanation

The ～なんか grammar point is used for listing examples by indicating 'things like' or 'something like'. It can also be used to downplay or devalue something, making it seem less important or less significant than it really is.

• お金かねなんかいらない。

  I don't need money or anything like that.

  Okane nanka iranai.

• 彼かれはピアノなんかも弾はじけます。

  He can play things like the piano.

  Kare wa piano nanka mo hikemasu.

• 忙いそがしいなんかじゃないよ。

  I'm not really busy or anything like that.

  Isogashii nanka janai yo.

• 彼女かのじょは親切しんせつなんかじゃない。

  She's not kind or anything like that.

  Kanojo wa shinsetsu nanka janai.

Listing (Such As / Etc.)

• A とか B とかN4Used to express multiple examples or possibilities; 'such…
• ～など〜nadoN3Indicates a non-exhaustive list of examples; 'such as'…
• Noun や Noun など～Noun ya Noun nadoN5Lists items or examples but not exhaustively; 'such as'…
• ～たり、～たり します〜tari, 〜tari shimasuN5Used to list multiple actions or states; 'do things like'…
• ～やら～やら〜yara〜yaraN2Expresses various items or actions, 'things like..., and…
• A だの B だのA dano B danoN1Used to list examples (often with a critical or…
• A というか B というかA to iu ka B to iu kaN1Means 'rather than say A, it's more like B', or 'whether…

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