Vocab Info
N1 Interjection
何てこったwhat the hell, WTF, Oh, great!, son of a gun, holy mackerel, Oh no!, Holy cow!, Damn!
Dictionary Definition
- Interjection - 1. - what the hell, oh, great!, son of a gun, holy mackerel, oh no!, holy cow!, damn! Usually written using kana alone
 
All Forms
何てこった 【なんてこった】
Details
- な 
- ん 
- て 
- こ 
- っ 
- た 
 
Examples
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- 独り言:「寝坊した!何てこった!」 - Monologue: "I overslept! What the hell!" {what the hell, WTF, Oh, great!, son of a gun, holy mackerel, Oh no!, Holy cow!, Damn!} - N1
 
- 何てこった!電車に乗り間違えてしまった…。 - Oh no! I mistakenly got on the wrong train... {what the hell, WTF, Oh, great!, son of a gun, holy mackerel, Oh no!, Holy cow!, Damn!} - N1
 
- 片思いだと思っていたあの子が僕のことを好きだと?何てこった! - That girl I thought had a one-sided crush on me actually likes me? Holy cow! {what the hell, WTF, Oh, great!, son of a gun, holy mackerel, Oh no!, Holy cow!, Damn!} - N1
 
- 意思疎通が出来ていると思っていた兄と認識がズレていたなんて、何てこった! - I thought I was on the same page with my brother, but our understandings were completely off. What the hell! {what the hell, WTF, Oh, great!, son of a gun, holy mackerel, Oh no!, Holy cow!, Damn!} - N1
 
- 平社員にとどまらず部長までリストラされるなんて、何てこった!予想外の事態だぞ…。 - Not only regular employees but even the department heads are being downsized? What the hell! This is an unexpected situation... {what the hell, WTF, Oh, great!, son of a gun, holy mackerel, Oh no!, Holy cow!, Damn!} - N1
 
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