なに
nani

Pronoun

1. what

いまのアナウンスは なんだったのですか。
imano anaunsuwa nanidatta nodesuka.
What did the announcement just say?
Pronoun

2. you-know-what; that thing

Pronoun

3. whatsit; whachamacallit; what's-his-name; what's-her-name

Noun

4. penis; (one's) thing; dick

Colloquial
Usually Written in Kana
「や、それほどでも。せいぜい、大 おうきさ くらべたり、わい はなしするくらいだし」「大 おうきさって なんの?」「ナニの」
"ya sorehododemo. seizei ōkisa kurabetari waidan surukurai dashio" "okisatte naninona" "nino
"No, not so much. At most comparing sizes, telling dirty stories." "Sizes of what?" "Of 'that'."
Adverb

5. (not) at all; (not) in the slightest

Interjection

6. what?; huh?

なによ!出来 できないの?この度胸 どきょうなし!腰抜 こしぬけッ!
naniyo! dekinainokono dokyō nashi! koshinuke'!
What? You can't do it? You coward! Chicken!
Interjection

7. hey!; come on!

Interjection

8. oh, no (it's fine); why (it's nothing); oh (certainly not)