What
"What" in Japanese
何と
nanto
(beginning an exclamation)
何
nani
(expression of surprise)
こと
koto
(fused relative pronoun: that which; those that; the thing(s) that)
の
no
(fused relative pronoun: that which; those that; the thing(s) that)
何
nani
(what? (interrogative pronoun))
物
mono
(fused relative pronoun: that which; those that; the thing(s) that)
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