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.
Which article of this contract does it violate?
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).
Which street (numbered with 条) do you live on in Kyoto?
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.
How could such a thing possibly happen? (archaic)
Standard kanji form for all senses.
In its archaic adverbial use, 何条 asks “what reason?” or “in what way?” In rhetorical or negative constructions this developed the force “how could possibly” or “by no means.”