Examples of using "どうして?" in a sentence and their english translations:
Why?
- What for?
- Why?
Why?
- Why did you buy flowers?
- Why did you buy the flowers?
- How's Tom doing?
- How's Tom?
- How is Tom doing?
- How is Tom?
How is Mary?
What makes you laugh?
- How is he?
- How's he doing?
- Why did you buy flowers?
- Why did you buy a flower?
Why did you run away?
Why is this?
- Why did you cry?
- Why were you crying?
- The door won't open.
- I can't open the door.
- I can't get the door to open.
Why aren't you wearing your glasses?
Why don't you go home?
Why are you running?
Why? What's wrong?
- Why do you lie?
- Why are you lying?
Why do you care?
Why?
- For what?
- Why?
- Why do you lie?
- Why are you lying?
Why did Tom kill himself?
Why isn't she sleeping?
The door will not open.
Why am I having a good day?
Why am I having a bad day?
So as long as our answer to the question
- Why did you buy flowers?
- Why did you buy the flowers?
Why is Tom home?
Why are you busy today?
- Why do you need it?
- Why do you need this?
- What do you want this for?
- Why do you need that?
Why did you tell Tom?
Why can't we do that now?
- Why did you shut the door?
- Why have you shut the door?
Why aren't you wearing your sunglasses?
Why learn French?
- Why don't you like girls?
- Why do you hate women?
Why did Dan kill himself?
- How should I know?
- How would I know?
- How would I know that?
The door would not open.
That door won't open.
- What brings you to Boston?
- What brought you to Boston?
Why did Tom need it?
How is Mary?
Why are you under the desk?
Why did you part with your house?
- How does the moon shine at night?
- Why does the moon shine at night?
Why are you studying?
- Why do you not answer?
- Why aren't you answering?
- Why don't you answer?
Why can't Tom come?
Why were you picking up guys?
I do want to go to Italy.
Why isn't he sleeping?
Why are you here, Tom?
Why am I still alive?
How are you getting along?
But why?
Why did you hide?
Why did you put it there?
Why were you waiting for me?
I was at my wit's end as to how to act.
- This door will not open.
- This door won't open.
- How come you made such a mistake?
- How could you make such a mistake?
How come he hates Molly?
I really want a motorcycle.
How is it she does not come?