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如何か [rK]
【どうか [spec1] 】

[adv] [pol,uk]
▶ please
▶ if you would
▶ would you mind

Cross references:
	⇒ see: 1189130 どうぞ 1. please; kindly; pray; I beg (of you)

[adv] [uk]
▶ somehow or other
▶ one way or another

[adv] [uk]
《as かどうか》
▶ whether (or not)
▶ if

Cross references:
	⇒ see: 2087300 かどうか 1. whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")

[adv,vs] [uk]
▶ strange
▶ (something is) wrong
▶ (something is) off

Conjugations

History:

12.	A 2023-04-22 22:20:26 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	No comments. Closing.
11.	A* 2023-04-16 01:49:43 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	Reopen.
10.	A 2023-04-16 01:49:25 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	Attempting a rewrite of sense 4. I'll close and reopen.
	Diff:	@@ -39,3 +39,3 @@ -<gloss>something is wrong with (a person or thing)</gloss> -<gloss>something is strange</gloss> -<gloss>something is off</gloss> +<gloss>strange</gloss> +<gloss>(something is) wrong</gloss> +<gloss>(something is) off</gloss>
9.	A* 2023-04-04 01:58:52 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	Daijs does have it. I don't think it should be dropped.
8.	A* 2023-04-04 00:19:48 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	中辞典: あの人はどうかしている. Something is wrong [the matter] with him.
	Comments:	It's not a sense in most references, and in my JEs the closest I can see is it being a variant of our sense 2 (中辞典 example). I'd suggest dropping sense 4 and perhaps addin a note such as "occ. negative nuance" to sense 2.
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7.	A* 2023-03-31 04:18:12 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	Glosses on sense 4 aren't adv, and not greqt.
	Diff:	@@ -36,0 +37 @@ +<pos>&vs;</pos> @@ -38 +38,0 @@ -<s_inf>as どうかする, どうかしている, どうかしました, etc</s_inf>
6.	A 2023-02-10 06:06:38 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	GG5, etc.
	Diff:	@@ -5,0 +6 @@ +<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf> @@ -14,0 +16 @@ +<misc>&uk;</misc> @@ -16 +18,2 @@ -<gloss>kindly</gloss> +<gloss>if you would</gloss> +<gloss>would you mind</gloss> @@ -19,0 +23 @@ +<misc>&uk;</misc> @@ -25,0 +30 @@ +<misc>&uk;</misc> @@ -31,0 +37 @@ +<misc>&uk;</misc>
5.	A* 2022-12-21 15:08:24 Kyle Ong <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/en/どうか/#je-52802
	Diff:	@@ -3,0 +4,3 @@ +<k_ele> +<keb>如何か</keb> +</k_ele> @@ -9,0 +13 @@ +<xref type="see" seq="1189130">どうぞ・1</xref> @@ -11,0 +16 @@ +<gloss>kindly</gloss> @@ -16,0 +22,14 @@ +</sense> +<sense> +<pos>&adv;</pos> +<xref type="see" seq="2087300">かどうか</xref> +<s_inf>as かどうか</s_inf> +<gloss>whether (or not)</gloss> +<gloss>if</gloss> +</sense> +<sense> +<pos>&adv;</pos> +<s_inf>as どうかする, どうかしている, どうかしました, etc</s_inf> +<gloss>something is wrong with (a person or thing)</gloss> +<gloss>something is strange</gloss> +<gloss>something is off</gloss>
4.	A 2019-05-04 01:32:51 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
3.	A* 2019-05-02 07:28:09 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	daij pol because of daijs:" 心から丁重に頼み込む気持ちを表す"
	Diff:	@@ -10 +10 @@ -<pos>&n;</pos> +<misc>&pol;</misc> @@ -11,0 +12,3 @@ +</sense> +<sense> +<pos>&adv;</pos> @@ -12,0 +16 @@ +<gloss>one way or another</gloss>
2.	A 2016-11-21 23:04:48 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
1.	A* 2016-11-21 20:27:16 Johan Råde <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	G n-grams: 25548924
	Diff:	@@ -5,0 +6 @@ +<re_pri>spec1</re_pri>

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