Vocab Info

N1 Adverb, Suru verb

どうかplease, somehow or other

    Dictionary Definition

    Common
    1. Adverb

      1.

      please, if you would, would you mind

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

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    2. Adverb

      2.

      somehow or other, one way or another

      Usually written using kana alone
    3. Adverb

      3.

      whether (or not), if

      Usually written using kana alone, as かどうか,

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    4. Adverb, Suru verb

      4.

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

      Usually written using kana alone

    All Forms

    如何か 【どうか】

    Details

    • Pitch Accent

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    Examples

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

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

      • N1

      (いの)母親(ははおや):「神様(かみさま)どうかこの()(いのち)だけはお(たす)(くだ)さい。」

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

      • N1

      (ひと)(ごと):「(あつ)すぎてどうかなってしまいそうだ…。(いま)すぐに(みず)()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(わたし)のミスをお(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)皮切(かわき)りに、病院(びょういん)勤務(きんむ)する(ひと)次々(つぎつぎ)(わたし)に「どうか自愛(じあい)(くだ)さい」と(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.'

      • N1
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