なんとか

expression

something; something or other; so-and-so

Used when the speaker cannot recall or does not want to specify a name, thing, or detail. Often appears in phrases like 何とか言う or 何とかかんとか.

• あの何なんとかいう店みせ、駅えきの近ちかくにあったよね。

  That something-or-other shop was near the station, right?

• 何なんとかかんとか理り由ゆうをつけて、彼かれは来こなかった。

  He didn't come, making up some excuse or other.

adverb, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

somehow; one way or another; manage to

Expresses managing to do something despite difficulty, or handling a situation somehow. Often used with する or potential forms.

• 締しめ切きりには何なんとか間まに合あった。

  I somehow made the deadline.

• この問もん題だいは私わたしが何なんとかします。

  I'll handle this problem one way or another.