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なんだかんだ Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Common word JLPT N2 Freq. Frequency Top 10,000 Say what you will, there's no place like home.
Written forms 何なん だかんだ
Kanji spelling; rarely used in practice.
何だ彼だ
なんだかだ
Less common variant reading and spelling.
何なん だかだ
Kanji form of the variant reading; very rare.
Similar words あれこれ あれこれ is more concrete, meaning 'this and that' as various things or topics, while なんだかんだ is more abstract and often used to summarize or brush over details.
どうのこうの どうのこうの is used when quoting or dismissing someone's complaints or excuses, similar to 'this and that' in a negative context, whereas なんだかんだ is broader and can be neutral.
Etymology Derived from the interrogative 何 (なに) plus the copula だ, repeated with か (question marker) and だ, literally 'what is it, what is it'. The variant なんだかだ is a contraction. The exact historical development is uncertain.