Vocab Info

N1 Adverb, する-verb

どうかplease, somehow or other

    Dictionary Definition

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    1. Adverb

      1. 1.

        please, if you would, would you mind

        Polite (teineigo) language, Usually written using kana alone,

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      2. 2.

        somehow or other, one way or another

        Usually written using kana alone

      3. 3.

        whether (or not), if

        Usually written using kana alone, as かどうか,

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    2. Adverb, する-verb

      1. 4.

        strange, (something is) wrong, (something is) off

        Usually written using kana alone

    All Forms

    如何か 【どうか】

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      • ど

      • う

      • か

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    Examples

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      契約(けいやく)中(ちゅう)、社員(しゃいん)：「どうかご承諾(しょうだく)ください。」

      Employee (during contract negotiations): 'Could you please approve this?'

      • N1

      祈(いの)る母親(ははおや)：「神様(かみさま)、どうかこの子(こ)の命(いのち)だけはお助(たす)け下(くだ)さい。」

      Praying mother: 'God, please, just spare this child's life.'

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      独(ひと)り言(ごと)：「暑(あつ)すぎてどうかなってしまいそうだ…。今(いま)すぐに水(みず)が欲(ほ)しい…。」

      Monologue: 'It's so hot, I feel like I might lose it... I need water right now...'

      • N1

      部下(ぶか)：「どうか私(わたし)のミスをお許(ゆる)しください。」上司(じょうし)：「二度(にど)とこのようなことがないように。」

      Subordinate: 'Please forgive my mistake.'
      Boss: 'Just make sure it never happens again.'

      • N1

      院長(いんちょう)を皮切(かわき)りに、病院(びょういん)に勤務(きんむ)する人(ひと)が次々(つぎつぎ)に私(わたし)に「どうかご自愛(じあい)下(くだ)さい」と労(いたわ)りの言葉(ことば)をかけてくれた。

      Beginning with the hospital director, one staff member after another offered me words of concern: 'Please take care of yourself.'

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