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何か用；なんか用；なにか用
【なんかよう (何か用, なんか用)；なにかよう (何か用, なにか用) 】

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《oft. brusque, curt》
▶ what do you want?
▶ can I help you?

History:

6.	A 2021-10-05 23:41:33 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
5.	A* 2021-10-04 08:48:04 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
	Diff:	@@ -25,2 +25,3 @@ -<gloss>What do you want? (oft. brusque, curt)</gloss> -<gloss>Can I help you?</gloss> +<s_inf>oft. brusque, curt</s_inf> +<gloss>what do you want?</gloss> +<gloss>can I help you?</gloss>
4.	A 2013-12-03 00:35:53 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	OK.
3.	A* 2013-12-02 22:01:27 Paul Upchurch <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	http://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q1465353359 ngrams
	Comments:	I've heard this said both ways.
	Diff:	@@ -7,0 +7,11 @@ +<k_ele> +<keb>なんか用</keb> +</k_ele> +<k_ele> +<keb>なにか用</keb> +</k_ele> +<r_ele> +<reb>なんかよう</reb> +<re_restr>何か用</re_restr> +<re_restr>なんか用</re_restr> +</r_ele> @@ -9,0 +20,2 @@ +<re_restr>何か用</re_restr> +<re_restr>なにか用</re_restr>
2.	A* 2013-12-02 00:41:53 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	Eijiro (ぶっきらぼうな言い方). GG5 (example)
	Comments:	Can be 何か用ですか, 何か用か, etc. 何か用かい is not the most common form
	Diff:	@@ -5,1 +5,1 @@ -<keb>何か用かい</keb> +<keb>何か用</keb> @@ -8,1 +8,1 @@ -<reb>なにかようかい</reb> +<reb>なにかよう</reb> @@ -12,1 +12,2 @@ -<gloss>What do you want?,Can I help you?</gloss> +<gloss>What do you want? (oft. brusque, curt)</gloss> +<gloss>Can I help you?</gloss>
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1.	A* 2013-12-01 23:53:11 Francis
	Refs:	See below.
	Comments:	It was in the text which I was reading as a simple quotation, i.e., 「何か用かい？」. Your [A] link provides some examples of usage. Google hits seems to be very high, with various endings in addition to "かい？", for example, "ですか". However, although the number nearly reach 1m, there are examples shown which do not quite fit the search. The reading seems to be "なにか" and not "なんか".

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