Doushite　どうして


Interrogative adverb meaning: why, in what way, how

1. Asking a reason
どうして遅れたんですか。
Doushite okureta n desu ka.
Why were you late?

2. Asking a method
この字はどうして書くんですか。
Kono ji wa doushite kaku n desu ka.
How do you write this character?

-> See also: dou, naze



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