noun:

• the pain of not getting what one seeks - Buddhism term

noun:

• what nationality

expression:

• you can't always get what you want; man plans and God laughs; things don't always turn out the way you hope - proverb

noun:

• what number

expression / godan ~す verb:

• what a hoot!; joke of the century!; one's navel boils water [literal] - idiom ➜ へそで茶を沸かす【へそでちゃをわかす】

expression:

• what kind of business; what sort of matter

expression:

• what grade (in school)

expression:

• what (TV) channel? - colloquialism

expression:

• What are we going to do?; uh-oh; oh crap - Kansai dialect

expression / adjective:

• to not understand what somebody is getting at; to not understand what is being talked about

noun:

• what number; rank?

expression:

• on such good terms as to know what each other is thinking - apparently from 通過の仲 - idiom

expression:

• so what!; who gives a damn?

noun:

• gist of what someone else said
• purpose of a visit ➜ 来意

expression:

• no one knows what the future holds; the future is a closed book; one sun (unit of measurement) ahead is darkness [literal] - proverb

expression:

• don't know what's what

particle:

• (but) what about (the) ...; (but) what about those ... - following a noun; used to mimic and mock people who are upset over something - slang ➜ が

expression:

• having no idea what will happen; God only knows; there is no knowing; you never can tell

expression:

• what one should do (usu. in questions)

expression / godan ~む verb:

• never being satisfied with what one gets, and always wanting more; giving someone an inch and having them take a mile; taking Gansu only to want Sichuan [literal] - idiom

expression:

• no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook ➜ 何としても

expression:

• there is unexpected good in what others have left behind; last but not least; there is fortune in leftovers [literal] - proverb ➜ 残り物に福がある【のこりものにふくがある】

interjection:

• what?; what'd you say? - colloquialism - humorous term ➜ 何

expression:

• what star sign? (astrology); what constellation?

expression:

• no matter what happens; in any circumstances; at any price