なんとなく

nantonaku

somehow, for some reason

What does なんとなく mean?

なんとなく is a Japanese adverb meaning “somehow, for some reason” in English. It is written as なんとなく in hiragana, and nantonaku in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N2 vocabulary.

Example sentence

私はなんとなく彼の家を見つけた。

Somehow or other I found his house.

More JLPT N2 words

癖にくせにkuseni

and yet, despite the fact that

第～だい～dai～

ordinal prefix, number

仕方がないしかたがないshikataganai

it can't be helped, no use

突っ込むつっこむtsukkomu

to plunge into, to stick into

追いかけるおいかけるoikakeru

to chase or run after someone

もしかしたらmoshikashitara

perhaps, maybe, by some chance

その他そのほかsonohoka

besides

言い出すいいだすiidasu

to start talking, to suggest