Definition of 何となく (なんとなく)

なん

何となく

なんとなく

nantonaku

adverb
somehow or other, for some reason or another, without knowing why(usually kana)
Other readings:
なんとなく《何と無く》
なにとなく《何となく》
なにとなく《何と無く》
Related Kanji
what
nothingness, none, ain't, nothing, nil, not
Example sentences(showing 7 results)

Somehow or other I found his house

There was something weird about the incident

I sort of understand

It looks like rain

His dress somehow gives an aristocratic impression

I don't know why, but he seems to have it in for me

"It is when you overcome that, that a boy becomes something-something" "If you're trying to say something important sounding keep talking right to the end!