何かというと；
何かと言うと；
なにかと言うと
[sK]
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なにかというと 】
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[exp]
- on the least pretext
- at every opportunity
- whenever there is a chance
- at the drop of a hat
Cross references:- ⇐ see: 2812970 何かといえば【なにかといえば】 1. on the least pretext; at every opportunity; whenever there is a chance; at the drop of a hat
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A 2022-11-10 00:28:33 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> (id#2213346)
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A* 2022-11-09 23:23:05 Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...> (id#2213343) - Refs
daijr, meikyo Adding some glosses from our entry for 何かにつけて https://jisho.org/forum/636bb09cd5dda74115000000-is-the-translation-correct I don't think "at the drop of a hat" has the exact same nuance, but I think it could work in some contexts. GG5 has it. Google N-gram Corpus Counts ╭─ーーーーーーー─┬─────────┬───────╮ │ 何かと言うと │ 29,123 │ 17.9% │ │ 何かというと │ 113,041 │ 69.3% │ 🡠 moving up │ なにかと言うと │ 2,190 │ 1.3% │ 🡠 adding │ なにかというと │ 18,672 │ 11.5% │ ╰─ーーーーーーー─┴─────────┴───────╯
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A 2015-07-06 02:47:38 Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
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A* 2015-07-03 08:39:31 luce - Diff
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A 2006-02-07 00:00:00 - Comments
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