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何かというと；何かと言うと；なにかと言うと [sK]
【なにかというと】

[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

History:

5.	A 2022-11-10 00:28:33 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
4.	A* 2022-11-09 23:23:05 Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
	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─┴─────────┴───────╯
	Diff:	@@ -3,0 +4,3 @@ +<k_ele> +<keb>何かというと</keb> +</k_ele> @@ -8 +11,2 @@ -<keb>何かというと</keb> +<keb>なにかと言うと</keb> +<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf> @@ -15,0 +20,2 @@ +<gloss>at every opportunity</gloss> +<gloss>whenever there is a chance</gloss>
3.	A 2015-07-06 02:47:38 Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
2.	A* 2015-07-03 08:39:31 luce
	Diff:	@@ -5,0 +6,3 @@ +</k_ele> +<k_ele> +<keb>何かというと</keb>
1.	A 2006-02-07 00:00:00
	Comments:	Entry created

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