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】
Common・Uncommon
Details
Pitch Accent
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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!}
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!}
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!}
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!}
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!}
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