adverbial N2 common casualpolitewritten
どうにか — somehow / manage to
どうにか
Meaning
- somehow / one way or another / (just) manage to — get something done with difficulty, by whatever means
Key sentence
締め切りにどうにか間に合った。
I somehow made the deadline.
Formation
| Attaches to | Form | Example |
|---|---|---|
| adverb; before the verb, often どうにか〜する / どうにかなる / どうにかして | どうにか + [verb] | どうにか解決したい |
Examples
お金はどうにか工面した。
I managed to scrape the money together one way or another.
心配しなくても、どうにかなるよ。
Don't worry, it'll work out somehow.
When you can't use it
- Implies a barely-sufficient result reached with effort or luck; どうにかして adds 'by any means', and どうにかなる = 'it'll work out somehow'.
Easily confused with
See どうにか in real sentences
Jengo shows どうにか the way you actually meet it: inside real Japanese sentences, so it sticks instead of staying an abstract rule.
Study it in JengoSources Compiled with reference to A Dictionary of Advanced Japanese Grammar.