Topic N3
Japanese Learning
74. なんか : Things like / Something like / Such as.
✏️Structure
Noun + なんか💡Usage
Casual spoken form of "など". Used to give examples or downplay value. "Things like...", "Something like...".
📚Examples
あんなに嘘ばかりつく彼なんか、もう二度と会いたくないし大嫌いだ。
Anna ni uso bakari tsuku kare nanka, mou nido to aitakunai shi daikirai da.
Someone like him who tells nothing but lies, I don't want to see him ever again and I completely hate him.
愛がないなら、いくら高価なプレゼントやお金なんかもらっても嬉しくない。
Ai ga nai nara, ikura kouka na purezento ya okane nanka moratte mo ureshikunai.
If there is no love, I wouldn't be happy even if I received things like expensive presents or money.
今日はすごく疲れているから、外に出かけたり映画なんか見たくないよ。
Kyou wa sugoku tsukarete iru kara, soto ni dekaketari eiga nanka mitakunai yo.
I am so tired today, so I don't want to go out or watch things like movies.
ねえ、お腹空かない？帰りにどこかでケーキなんか食べて帰ろうよ。
Nee, onaka sukanai? Kaeri ni dokoka de keeki nanka tabete kaerou yo.
Hey, are you hungry? Let's eat something like cake somewhere on our way back.
こんな難しいプロジェクトのリーダーを任されるなんて、経験不足の私なんかには絶対に無理です。
Konna muzukashii purojekuto no riidaa wo makasareru nante, keiken busoku no watashi nanka ni wa zettai ni muri desu.
Being entrusted as the leader of such a difficult project is absolutely impossible for someone like me with lack of experience.
彼が不正をしたという噂が流れているけれど、彼に限ってそんなことなんか絶対にするはずがない。
Kare ga fusei wo shita to iu uwasa ga nagarete iru keredo, kare ni kagitte sonna koto nanka zettai ni suru hazu ga nai.
There is a rumor going around that he committed fraud, but knowing him, there is absolutely no way he would do something like that.
明日は待ちに待った休日だから、仕事のことや勉強なんか一切したくない。
Ashita wa machi ni matta kyuujitsu da kara, shigoto no koto ya benkyou nanka issai shitakunai.
Tomorrow is the holiday I've been waiting for, so I don't want to do anything at all like work or studying.
彼女はすぐ人の悪口を言うから、クラスの誰にも好かれていないし私も彼女なんか好きじゃない。
Kanojo wa sugu hito no waruguchi wo iu kara, kurasu no dare ni mo sukarete inai shi watashi mo kanojo nanka suki janai.
She is quick to badmouth people, so she isn't liked by anyone in the class, and I don't like someone like her either.
毎日真面目に授業を聞いて復習をしていれば、あの先生のテストなんか意外と簡単だと思う。
Mainichi majime ni jugyou wo kiite fukushuu wo shite ireba, ano sensei no tesuto nanka igai to kantan da to omou.
If you seriously listen to the classes and review every day, I think something like that teacher's tests are surprisingly easy.
幽霊を見たというあの人の話だけど、証拠もないのにそんな話なんか簡単に信じられないよ。
Yuurei wo mita to iu ano hito no hanashi dakedo, shouko mo nai noni sonna hanashi nanka kantan ni shinjirarenai yo.
About that person's story of seeing a ghost, without any evidence, I can't easily believe a story like that.