Meanings
Adverb
Usually written in kana
1. warum; weshalb; weswegen; aus welchem Grund
Kanji used
what
past
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (4 in total)
irgendwie; ohne zu wissen, warum
weil; denn; da; der Grund dafür ist, dass …
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
Examples (12 in total)
Why are you blaming me for what happened?
"Why?" "I do not know why."
Why do you think so?