Meaning of 何てこった(なんてこった) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level

何てこった

Kana Reading

なんてこった

Romaji

nantekotta

Word Senses

• Parts of speech

  interjection (kandoushi)

  Meaning

  what the hell; WTF; Oh, great!; son of a gun; holy mackerel

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Related Kanji

何 JLPT 5

7 strokes

what

On'Yomi: カ

Kun'Yomi: なに, なん, なに-, なん-

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