どう
どう
hepburn dou
how
Part of speech · adverb
Pattern visualization
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Examples
- どうしますか。What will you do?
- 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.
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