どこか
どこか
pronoun, adverb
somewhere, anywhere
1.
somewhere, anywhere
An unspecified place.
どこかに行きたい。
I want to go somewhere.
どこかで会ったことがある。
I've met you somewhere before.
鍵がどこかにある。
The keys are somewhere.
どこかで食事しよう。
Let's eat somewhere.
静かなどこかに住みたい。
I want to live somewhere quiet.
2.
somehow, in some way
In some unspecified manner.
どこか似ている。
They're somehow similar.
どこか懐かしい。
It's somehow nostalgic.
どこか寂しい感じがする。
It feels somehow lonely.
どこか変だ。
Something is off. / It's somewhat strange.
どこか違う気がする。
I feel like something is different.
どこか is an indefinite word meaning "somewhere" or "somehow." Part of the ka-series indefinites.
TWO MAIN USES:
1. Location (somewhere): どこかに行く (go somewhere)
2. Manner (somehow, somewhat): どこか変だ (somehow strange)
PARTICLE PATTERNS:
- どこかに: to/at somewhere
- どこかで: at somewhere (action location)
- どこかへ: toward somewhere
RELATED INDEFINITES:
- 何か: something
- 誰か: someone
- いつか: sometime
- どれか: one of them
USAGE NOTE:
When modifying an adjective without a particle, どこか means "somewhat" or "in some way": どこか寂しい (somehow lonely).