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jmdict 1188370 Active (id: 2070935)
何て [ichi1,news2,nf34]
なんて [ichi1,news2,nf34]
1. [adj-f,adv] [uk]
▶ how ...!
▶ what ...!
2. [int]
▶ what?
▶ what's that?



History:
5. A 2020-06-02 07:43:46  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
I was waiting for a reference. Looks harmless though.
4. A* 2020-05-05 14:54:00 
  Diff:
@@ -20,2 +20,2 @@
-<gloss>how ..!</gloss>
-<gloss>what ..!</gloss>
+<gloss>how ...!</gloss>
+<gloss>what ...!</gloss>
@@ -24,4 +24,3 @@
-<pos>&adj-f;</pos>
-<pos>&adv;</pos>
-<s_inf>usu. 何て言う, etc.</s_inf>
-<gloss>what? (questioning)</gloss>
+<pos>&int;</pos>
+<gloss>what?</gloss>
+<gloss>what's that?</gloss>
3. A 2019-03-22 23:21:43  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
GG5
  Comments:
Reflecting earlier suggestion and rejected 2838776.
  Diff:
@@ -26 +26,2 @@
-<gloss>what (questioning)</gloss>
+<s_inf>usu. 何て言う, etc.</s_inf>
+<gloss>what? (questioning)</gloss>
2. A 2015-05-31 07:16:47  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
1. A* 2015-05-21 17:12:51 
  Refs:
tanaka corpus: 192/224 in kana
eij kana, prog kanji
n-grams:
なんて美しい	790
何て美しい	101
なんておいしい	293
何ておいしい	24
なんて美味しい	236
何て美味しい	16
なんて高い	312
何て高い	15
なんて速く	22
何て速く	No matches
  Comments:
not sure about sense 2. the sense should probably mention that it's mostly used with a verb such as 言う (i.e. it's quotative)
  Diff:
@@ -18,0 +19 @@
+<misc>&uk;</misc>

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