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doushite
adverb, interjection

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English Meaning(s) for どうして

adverb
  1. how; in what way; by what means
  2. why; for what reason; for what purpose; what for
  3. cannot possibly
interjection
  1. no way (often as どうして、どうして)

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Sample Sentences for どうして

How can you be so passive? Why don't you retaliate?
What makes him hated?
How ever did you find it?
Why is he looking at me as though he knows me?
How did you get to play the violin?

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