なんだ

[何だ] ¶この奇妙な動物は～

What is this curious animal?

¶2番目によい方法は～と思いますか

What do you think is the next best way?

¶→それは何だ

¶あの大きな音は～ろう

Whatever is that loud noise?

¶いったい～って彼は我々をこんなにこき使うのだろうか

Why on earth does he work us so hard?

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なんだ【何だ】

¶この奇妙な動物は～

What is this curious animal?

¶2番目によい方法は～と思いますか

What do you think is the next best way?

¶ → それは何だ

¶あの大きな音は～ろう

Whatever is that loud noise?

¶いったい～って彼は我々をこんなにこき使うのだろうか

Why on earth does he work us so hard?

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なんだ【何だ】

1 〔何であるか〕 what?; 〔(反語的に)何でもない〕 ⇒なに¹ 1, なん¹.

●なんだか ⇒なんだか

・何だって ⇒なんだって

・なんだの ⇒なんだの.

●「ねえ」「何だい?」 “Dear...”―“Yeah, what do you want?”

・なんだ? 〔言いよどんでいる人に促す〕 What is it? | Go ahead.

・何だどうした. What's wrong? | What's the matter? | What happened? | 《口》 What's up?

・何だ何だこの騒ぎは. What's all this commotion?

・これは一体何だ. What in the world is this? | 《口》 What the hell is this?

・何だその態度は! I don't like your attitude!

・馬鹿とは何だ. もう一度言ってみろ! How dare you call me a fool! Just try saying that again.

・「こないだの件やっといてくれた?」「何だったっけ」 “Did you finish up that thing I asked you to do the other day?”―“Now what was that?”

・このぐらいの傷が何だ. A wound like this is nothing.

・「そんなことすると先生に怒られるよ」「先生が何だ!」 “If you do that, the teacher will get angry.”―“I don't care what the teacher thinks [《口》 To hell with the teacher].”

・金が何だ. 大切なのは心だよ. Who cares about money? It's what's in your heart that's important.

・女にふられたぐらいで何だ. So what if a woman dumps you?

・何だと! What? | What do you mean? | What did you say? | Would you mind repeating that?

2 〔間投詞的用法〕 what!; why!

●なんだ君か. おどかすなよ. Oh, it's you. Don't scare me like that!

・なんだ, そういうことだったのか. So that's it. | Well, that explains it.

・なんだ, それならそうと早く言えばいいのに. Well, you should have said so before.

・なんだ, もうおしまい? あっけないなあ. What, is it over already? That was too short.

・まあ, なんだ, 僕もさっきはちょっと言いすぎたよ. Well, I may have gone too far in what I just said.

・つまり, なんだ, この件はこれでおしまいということだな. In short, then, that's the end of this incident.