What

"What" in Japanese

何と

nanto

(beginning an exclamation)

nani

(expression of surprise)

こと

koto

(fused relative pronoun: that which; those that; the thing(s) that)

no

(fused relative pronoun: that which; those that; the thing(s) that)

nani

(what? (interrogative pronoun))

mono

(fused relative pronoun: that which; those that; the thing(s) that)

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