何なに用よう

expression

what business; what matter

A somewhat formal or old-fashioned expression used to ask what someone's business is or why they have come. Often heard in samurai dramas or formal inquiries.

• 「何なに用ようで参まいられた？」と門もん番ばんが尋たずねた。

  "What business brings you here?" asked the gatekeeper.

• 突とつ然ぜんの来らい訪ほうに、彼かれは「何なに用ようかな」と怪け訝げんそうに言いった。

  At the sudden visit, he said suspiciously, "What is your business?"