何とか (なんとか): meaning and examples

Key takeaways

何とか (なんとか) means somehow / one way or another.

See example sentences below.

何とか at a glance

何とか

なんとかnantoka

N3expr

somehow / one way or another

何とかなんとかnantokaN3Japanese vocabulary

Core meaning

somehow / one way or another

Example 1

なんとか会議に間に合った。

Translation

I somehow made it to the meeting on time.

Example 2

なんとかこの問題を解決しよう。

Translation

Let's try to solve this problem one way or another.