なんちゃら
English translation: Has many meanings: so-and-so, such-and-such, whats-her-name, what's-his-name, etc..
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|  Selected response from: Joyce A Thailand Local time: 09:19 | ||||||
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| 3 +1 | Has many meanings: so-and-so, such-and-such, whats-her-name, what's-his-name, etc.. |
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| 3 | somehow, for some reason |
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somehow, for some reason Explanation: http://ejje.weblio.jp/content/somehow http://www.maggiesensei.com/en/2010/04/08/な：なんとなく/ 何らかの事情で〜になった場合はなんちゃら」という仮定法でもよく目にします。 If for some reason... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 55 mins (2010-11-09 03:07:07 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- also "just" could be possible |
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8 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1Has many meanings: so-and-so, such-and-such, whats-her-name, what's-his-name, etc.. Explanation: Being word that has an "indefinite" or "unspecified" nuance in a dialect, it needs to be translated in a very colloquial way. It has many meanings depending on the situation: Such as whatchamacallit, what’s its name, what's his name, what's her name, so-and-so, such-and-such, etc. depending on the noun that follows it. Like in cinefil's example of xx寺院 ＝(the) so-and-so temple, (the) such-and-such temple. なんちゃら会社の社員だ。= He's the employee for "some" company Or, in this sense: なんちゃら、たいしたことはない。There, there. It's nothing serious. I used to say なんちゃらほい years ago. It has a kind of comical sound to it so I liked using it. :-P I love the Osaka dialect. |
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| Reference: FYI Reference information: another possibility http://www.weblio.jp/content/なんちゃら?dictCode=OSAKA |
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