Vocab Info
N1 Adverb, Suru verb
どうかplease, somehow or other
Dictionary Definition
Common
Adverb
1.
please, if you would, would you mind
Adverb
2.
somehow or other, one way or another
Usually written using kana aloneAdverb
3.
whether (or not), if
Adverb, Suru verb
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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契約中、社員:「どうかご承諾ください。」
Employee (during contract negotiations): 'Could you please approve this?'
祈る母親:「神様、どうかこの子の命だけはお助け下さい。」
Praying mother: 'God, please, just spare this child's life.'
独り言:「暑すぎてどうかなってしまいそうだ…。今すぐに水が欲しい…。」
Monologue: 'It's so hot, I feel like I might lose it... I need water right now...'
部下:「どうか私のミスをお許しください。」上司:「二度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.'
院長を皮切りに、病院に勤務する人が次々に私に「どうかご自愛下さい」と労りの言葉をかけてくれた。
Beginning with the hospital director, one staff member after another offered me words of concern: 'Please take care of yourself.'
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