なにがし

Japanese

Alternative spellings

何某
何がし

Etymology

なに (nani) + がし (gashi)

Pronunciation

Pronoun

なにがし (nanigashi) 

  1. a certain person; so-and-so
    (やま)()(なにがし)
    Yamada nanigashi
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  2. a certain place
  3. (humble) I; me

See also

Noun

なにがし (nanigashi) 

  1. (usually in the form なにがしか (nanigashika), pitch accent [0] or [2]) a certain amount (especially of money, implying "not much")
    なにがしかの(かね)
    nanigashika no kane
    a certain amount of money
    (せん)(えん)なにがし(かね)()とした。
    Sen'en nanigashi no kane o otoshita.
    I dropped a thousand yen or so.

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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