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疑問形容詞

1

What kind of （animal or plants）?; What sort of a （person or place）?; What...?

用例

• キリンはどんな獣か（言ってご覧）
  What kind of animal is the giraffe?
  Describe the giraffe.

• どんな鳥か
  What kind of bird is it?
• どんな木か
  What kind of tree is it?
• どんな草か
  What kind of plant is it?
• どんな花か
  What kind of flower is it?
• どんな紙か
  What kind of paper is it?
• 今度の校長はどんな人か
  What sort of a man is our new principal?
  What is he like?
• 仙台はどんなところか
  What sort of a place is Sendai?
• どんな本が読みたいのか
  What sort of books do you want to read?
• 試験にどんな問題が出たか
  What sort of a paper was set you at the examination?
• 潜航艇はどんな物か（言ってご覧）
  What is a submarine like?
  Describe a submarine.
• 君の無くした時計はどんな時計だったか（くわしく言ってご覧）
  What was your watch like?
  Describe the watch you have lost.
• 戦いというものは見たことが無いからどんなものだか夢にも知らぬ
  I never saw a battle, and I have no idea what it is like.
• その男はどんな風体でしたか
  What was the man dressed like?
  How was he dressed?

〈以下特例〉

• その時の悦びはどんなだったろう
  What was （not） his joy to find that?

2

（…でも、ても）any:（また最上級の形容詞をもってこれに代えることを得）

用例

• 僕はどんな本でも読める
  I can read any book―（even） the hardest books.

• どんな問題でもできる
  I can solve any problem―（even） the hardest problems.
• どんな艱難でも辛抱します
  I will bear any hardship―the severest hardships.
• どんな好い翻訳でも多少は原文と違うものだ
  The best translation will vary more or less from the original.
• どんな人でも癖がある
  The best man has his faults.
• どんな賢人でも失錯はある
  The wisest man will make mistakes―（これを格言体にすれば）―It is a wise man who never makes mistakes.
• どんなばかでも同じ手を二度は食わぬ
  “It is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait.”【イディオム・格言的】
• どんなばかにでもわかることだ
  It is obvious to the dullest understanding.
• どんな困難なことでも忍耐によって打勝てぬものは無い
  The greatest difficulty can be overcome by perseverance
  There is nothing so difficult but it can be overcome by perseverance.
• どんな好い武器が有っても使いようを知らなけりゃ無用の長物だ
  The best weapons are useless if you do not know how to use them.

3

（…ても、とも）whatever （...may...）:（打消に伴えば）no

用例

• どんなことがあっても、どんなことが有ろうとも覚悟をきめている
  Whatever may happen,
  Come what may,
  I am prepared for it.

• どんな人が来ようとも俺はここをどかぬ
  Whatever man may come,
  Whoever may come,
  Come who will,
  I will not give way to him.
• どんなことをしても目的をとげてみせる
  I will accomplish my purpose, whatever it may cost―cost what it will―at any cost―at all costs.
• どんな危険に逢っても動じない
  No danger can disturb his composure.