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Nani (何) just means "what" in japanese. it is one of the few words weeaboos know.

You'd expect that.
guy (we'll name him Aaron): (quietly to himself) I've been studying Japanese...for a while now.
a weeaboo that heard Aaron: Nani o...god I forgot- wait what
Aaron: (turns to the weeaboo) 日本語を勉強してる
the weeaboo: uhh...konnichiwa...genki desu...nani.
Aaron: ...やっぱいいな うちを帰ります (walks away)
the weeaboo: ma...matte kure...onegaishimasu...
Nani by 3170_:)_0713 May 2, 2025
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a. Means 'what' in virgin weeb

b. Something only a chad could pull off saying
Little billy was watching anime when he spillt his klondike bar over his potato chip crumbles on his T-Shirt.

He exclaimed 'nani!!' as this is the third time it happened today.
Nani!! by RepGott November 2, 2020
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WHAT!? In Japanese. You can hear a lot of weeds say it.
*bumps into someone* normie: oops sorry br
weeb: Nani!?
what every weeb says when they get an f in class
NANI? why do i have a fuckin f in CLASS NANI?
NANI? by NIGGWARDXX December 6, 2018
A Japanese word meaning’what?!’. Used in a movie by ‘owae mo mu shindero’ then NANI?! then eyes laser sound and at last something nuclear explosion...
A: Owae mo mu shidero
B: NANI?!
*Eye laser sound
* Nuclear explosion
NANI?! by Jasondepro November 16, 2018
determiner, pronoun, exclamation - JP / なに/

used to ask for information about people or things

used in questions that show you are surprised or do not believe something

In context:
Nani? by Kenshiro* September 13, 2017
Nani is Japanese for "What" and is used in english sometimes as a dank comeback for when someone says something wired, stupid or just uncomfortable to thing of.
"i have 17 Mongolian children locked up in my basement" Response: "NANI?????"

"私はあなたが持っています私は持っていません" Response: "Nani?"
nani? by PornWatcher465 June 3, 2020