VocabularyJLPT N5 · core

どう

どう
hepburn dou

how

Part of speech · adverb

Pattern visualization

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Examples

  1. どうしますか。
    What will you do?
  2. どうもありがとう。
    Thanks very much.

Collocations

どう (dou, how)どうして (doushite, why)どうやって (doyatte, how)どうも (doumo)どうぞ (douzo)

Mnemonic

Dou (どう) is "how" — B + no-cluster interrogative adverb. Fifth ko-so-a-do series (kou, sou, aa, dou). Family: doushite why, doyatte by-what-method, doumo really, douzo please. Korean eotteoke single and Chinese zenme / ruhe split; Japans 5 derivations.

Quick check

  1. Doumo polysemy?

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