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Grammar: Choice and Selection » 〜か何か

〜か(なに) gives one loose example from a broader category. It means “or something” or “or something like that”. Speakers also pronounce it 〜か(なん)か.

This grammar appends directly to a noun.

Usage Notes

〜か何か is used when the exact item does not matter, the speaker is guessing, or the speaker wants to avoid naming one thing too sharply. It leaves the category open, as if saying “something like Ⓐ, or maybe something else in that area.”

Examples

A junior or something with 〜か何か

Learn the meaning and usage of the grammar 〜か何か in Japanese, with examples from manga.
からかい上手の高木さん » Volume 17 » Page 84

On a nighttime walk, Hamaguchi sees Hokujou casually dressed and wearing glasses. She’s fine with Hamaguchi seeing her like this, as they’ve known each other for a long time, but she tells him not to tell their classmates. At school the next morning…

高尾(たかお):
「おい 昨日(きのう)浜口(はまぐち)が、メガネ女子(じょし)(よる)()ってたらしいぞ!」
“Hey, I heard Hamaguchi was hanging out with a girl in glasses last night!”
生徒(せいと)A:
()()子供(こども)っぽかったって()いたぞ。」
“I heard she looked kind of childish.”
生徒(せいと)B:
後輩(こうはい)(なに)か、浜口(はまぐち)。」
“Is she a junior or something, Hamaguchi?”
浜口(はまぐち):
「い… いやー…」
“Uh... well...”

A radio or something with 〜か何か

Learn the meaning and usage of the grammar 〜か何か in Japanese, with examples from manga.
名探偵コナン » Volume 13 » Page 30

A news broadcast interrupts the baseball game Tetsuhiro is watching over at his neighbor’s beach house.

哲浩(てつひろ):
「あのー… ラジオ(なに)ありませんか?」
“Um... Do you have a radio or something?”
綾子(あやこ):
「あ、ありますけど…」
“Ah, there is...”
コナン:
「でもこの試合(しあい)ラジオじゃやってないみたいだよ…」
“But it seems this game isn't being broadcast on the radio.”

Something like a general store with 〜か何か

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ふらいんぐうぃっち » Volume 1 » Page 21

Having just settled in at her relative’s house where she will be living, Makoto has a meal with her cousins.

真琴(まこと):
「そーだ。(ちか)くに雑貨屋(ざっかや)さん(なに)ありますかね?」
“Oh yeah, is there a general store or something nearby?”
(けい):
「ん? 雑貨屋(ざっかや)?」
“Hm? A general store?”