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どうかこうか (doukakouka) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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し
め
切き
り
に
は
間ま
に
合あ
い
そう
だ
。
Somehow or other, it looks like I'll make the deadline.
He manages to earn a living somehow or other.
Related words どうにか どうにか also means 'somehow' but often implies managing to do something with effort or difficulty, while どうかこうか is more about an unspecified or haphazard way.
なんとか なんとか is similar to どうにか, focusing on managing to achieve something despite difficulties; どうかこうか is less common and more colloquial.
Etymology Reduplicative phrase from どうか (somehow) with a colloquial emphatic repetition; the exact derivation is uncertain.
