Word details

誰何

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 誰何.

Dictionary

Entry

誰何いかNounTransitive~する VerbFreq #28641
1

challenging (an unknown person); asking a person's identity

Examples
いきなり本人に誰何するのも無粋と考えました。
I thought it would be boorish to challenge his identity without warning.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

who, someone, somebody

15 strokesFrequency 1,933Grade 8

On

スイ

Kun

だれたれ

what

7 strokesFrequency 340JLPT N4Grade 2

On

Kun

なになんなに-なん-

Nanori

あが

Vocabulary quiz

Build your vocabulary

Add words to your personal quiz list and practice recall with the words you actually look up.

Start Word Quiz