どう |
1. adv. in what manner, how | |
(synonyms, ja, いかが, tr1=ikaga) | |
どう やった の? - How did you do it? | |
どう やって も できない - literally can't do it no matter how one does | |
この後はどうする? - literally After this, how will we do? | |
どう しよう! - literally How should we do? | |
どう しよう も ない - literally has not even how to do | |
どうだ! - smug/triumphant | |
どう だろう。 - I wonder. | |
計画がどうなっているのか知らない。 - I don't know how the project is going. | |
2. adv. what about... (used to make a suggestion) | |
お茶、どう? - How about some tea? | |
あなた は どう です か? - How about you? / What about you? | |
3. adv. Usage: The term dō is generally considered more prosaic and informal than the synonym | |
4. adv. Usage: More commonly spelled in hiragana as どう. The kanji spelling 如何 is rare. | |
5. interj. Casual greeting: Howdy? What's new? What's up? | |
どう?まあまあ。 - Howdy? So-so. | |
6. interj. Casual question: It works? Is it OK? | |
どう?いいんじゃない。 - It works? Seems OK. | |
7. interj. Call out to horses or cows to control/stop them: Ho! Hoy! Whoa! | |