何なん条じょう

noun

what article; what clause; what section

Used to ask which specific article, clause, or section of a legal document, contract, or regulation is being referred to.

• この契けい約やく書しょの何なん条じょうに違い反はんしているのですか。

  Which article of this contract does it violate?

noun

which street

Used when asking which numbered street in a grid system, especially in cities like Kyoto where streets are named with 条 (e.g., 一条, 二条).

• 京きょう都との何なん条じょうに住すんでいますか。

  Which street (numbered with 条) do you live on in Kyoto?

adverb

how can one possibly; cannot possibly; there is no way

Archaic adverbial use expressing impossibility or strong denial. Not used in modern Japanese; found in classical texts.

• 何なん条じょう、そのようなことがあろうか。

  How could such a thing possibly happen? (archaic)