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jmdict 2834394 Active (id: 1969135)
何処を如何
どこをどう
1. [exp,adv] [uk]
《emphatic》
▶ how
▶ in what way
▶ I wonder
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 1008910 如何【どう】 1. how; in what way; how about



History:
2. A 2018-01-24 00:46:00  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
GG5 examples:
どこをどう歩いたか覚えていない. I don't remember where I walked or how I got there.
どこをどう押せばあんな言葉が出てくるのか. What makes him say things like that? | Why does he [How dare he] say things like that?
どこをどう間違えたのか, 出来上がった料理は手本とは似ても似つかぬ味だった. I don't know where I went wrong, but what I cooked didn't taste much like the original.
Tanaka:
どこをどう考えたら、俺がロボット工学に明るいなどと思うんだろうか。  Where did you come up with the idea that I'm familiar with robotics and such I wonder?
  Comments:
Plenty of Eijiro examples too.
  Diff:
@@ -17,0 +18 @@
+<gloss>I wonder</gloss>
1. A* 2018-01-23 08:56:34  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
in daijs entry:
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其処とも知らず: どこをどうということもなく。どこともわからな
い。
saito:
どこをどう歩いて来たかわからない
I don't know how I got here.
どこをどうすればよいかわからない
I don't know how to use it.
_
eij
どこをどうしたら~になるのか
why would〔【用法】正当な理由などあり得ないという前提に立って
「理由を言えるものなら言ってみろ」と修辞的に尋ねる〕
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