どういう Noun
dou iu Noun
JLPT N4 Neutral
Formation
どういう + Noun
Asking for clarification or more information about a noun; 'what kind of', 'what sort of'.
When to use
'What kind of, what sort': often asks for an explanation (どういう意味ですか).
Explanation
The どういう Noun grammar point is used to ask for more information or clarification about a specific noun. It can be translated as 'what kind of' or 'what sort of' in English. The formation is simply using どういう followed by the noun in question.
Example sentences
どういう仕事をしていますか？
What kind of work do you do?
Dou iu shigoto wo shite imasu ka?
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What kind of movies do you like?
Dou iu eiga ga suki desu ka?
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What kind of clothes do you want to wear?
Dou iu fuku wo kitai desu ka?
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What sort of reason caused you to be late?
Dou iu riyuu de okuremashita ka?
What Kind (What Kind Of / That Kind Of)
Corpus examples (60)
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What kind of tea is this?
お天気はどういうぐあいですか。
How is the weather?
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What does "Merci beaucoup!" in French mean?
これどういう意味か分かりますか？多分フランス語だと思うんですけど。
Do you know what this means? I think this is probably French.
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What do your words add up to?
どういう意味ですか？
What do you mean?
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What do you mean by it?
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What do you mean by that?
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What's that look for?
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What does this mean?
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What do you mean by communication?
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What does the word "get" mean in this sentence?
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What does this word mean?
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What does this word mean?
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What does this kanji mean?
いったいどういう意味ですか。
Whatever do you mean?
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What do you mean by cultural relativism?
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What does "resident alien" mean?
どういうことを意味しているのですか。
What does it mean?
「Ｔｈｅｒｅ ｉｓ ａ ｔｉｄｅ」とはどういう意味ですか。
What does "There is a tide" imply?
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What does it mean?
"Tatoeba"とはどういう意味ですか？
What does "Tatoeba" mean?
「例えば」とはどういう意味ですか？
What does the word "Tatoeba" mean?
「Tatoeba」ということはどういう意味をしていますか。
What does "Tatoeba" mean?
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What do you think he meant by that?