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んだもしたん : ndamoshitan | define meaning

ndamoshitan

Pronunciation: [n̩damoɕitaɴ̩]

Definition

Expression

An expression of surprise and bewilderment: "Wow!", "What?", "Say what?", "Seriously?", "No way!", "Eh?", "Huh?", etc.

Etymology

Ultimately from うんだ unda "I; the likes of me", the adverb も mo "(any) more" and the negative verb したん shitan "not know", resulting in the phrase "I don't know any more; I don't have a clue".

Notes

Variants:

んだもしたん ndamoshitan
うんだもしたん undamoshitan
んだもー ndamo(o)
うんだもー undamo(o)
んだ nda
うんだ unda

意味：あらまあ、おやまあ、おや、しらなかった【知らなかった】、えっ、おどろいた【驚いた】、そうなの

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んだもしたん

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2023, April 17). んだもしたん : ndamoshitan | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2024, October 3, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/980/ndamoshitan/.