Vocab Info
N1 Expression
ほにゃららsomething something, something or other
Dictionary Definition
Expression
1.
something something, something or other
All Forms
ほにゃらら、ホニャララ
Details
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Examples
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高橋ほにゃららという人が大臣を暗殺したそうだ。
It seems that a person named Takahashi Something or Other assassinated the minister. {something something, something or other}
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アメリカとドイツとほにゃららという国がかつて戦争をした。
The United States, Germany, and a country called something or other once had a war. {something something, something or other}
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「ほにゃらら」は伏せ字や穴埋めの空白部分を読むときに用いられます。
'Something something' is used when reading aloud blanked-out text or fill-in-the-blank spaces.
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不特定の対象を示す仮の表現として「ほにゃらら」を使う事があります。
'Something something' is sometimes used as a placeholder expression for an unspecified thing.
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「ほにゃらら」の他にも、「何ちゃら」や「何たら」は同じ用途で使われるそうだ。
It seems that besides 'something something', expressions like 'such-and-such' and 'something or other' are used the same way.
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