Commonly used Interrogatives
These are the commonly used interrogatives (plain and formal) form.
1. Who - dare, donata (formal)
2. Whose - dare no, donata no (formal)
3. With whom - dare to, donata to (formal)
4. What - nan + desuka, nani + particle or noun
5. What number - nan + ban
6. What time - nan + ji
7. By what - nan de, nani de
8. Which day of the week - nan + youbi
9. Which day of the month - nan + nichi
10. Which month - nan + gatsu
11. When - itsu
12. How much (price) - ikura
13. How many - ikutsu, nan-ko (for small objects)
14. How many people - nan + nin
15. How many (long objects) - nan + hon, nan + bon
16. How many sheets - nan + mai
17. How many (books) - nan + satsu
18. How many times - nan + kai, nan + do
19. How many hours - nan + jikan
20. How many minutes - nan + pun, nan + fun
21. How long, how much, how many (for quantity) - donogurai, donokurai
22. Where - doko, dochira (formal)
23. At where (action) - doko de, dochira de (formal)
24. At where (existence) - doko ni, dochira ni (formal)
25. To where (direction) - doko ni (doko e), dochira ni (dochira e) (formal)
26. Which - dore, dochira (formal)
27. Which + noun - dono + noun, dochira no + noun (formal)
28. Which company's/ country's - doko no, dochira no (formal)
29. Why - doushite, nande, naze (formal)

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Ageru, Aida, Amari, Are, Arimasen, Aru, Ato De, Au, Ba, Ba Hodo, Bakari, Beki desu, Bun, Cha, Chau, Chittomo, Choudo, Chuu ni, Daga, Dakara, Dake, Dakedo, Dare, Datte, De, De aru, Dekiru, Demo, Deshou, Desu, Dewa, Dou, Doko, Dokoro dewa nai, Dokoro ka, Dono Kurai, Dore, Doushite, Doushitemo, Douzo, Ga, Garu, Goro, Hajimeru, Hazu desu, Hazu ga nai, Hou, Hodo, Hou ga ii, Hoka, Hoshii, Hotondo, Igai, Igo, Ijou, Ichiban, Ikenai, Ikou, Ikura (demo/temo), Inai
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