N3 — outside your level filter
write + somehow
doumo kaku you da
somehow; I can't say why — an impression the speaker has without evidence they could name
meaning: seem to write for some reason
この時計、どうも遅れるようだ。
kono tokei, doumo okureru you da.
This clock seems to run slow for some reason. neutral
熱はないが、どうも風邪をひいたようだ。
netsu wa nai ga, doumo kaze o hiita you da.
I have no fever, but somehow it seems I've caught a cold. neutral
- dictionary form
- past
- negative
- negative + past
- dictionary form
- past
- negative
- negative + past
- dictionary form
- past
- negative
- negative + past
- noun
- noun
- ない-form
- na-adjective
- i-adjective