What does なんか mean?
なんか is a Japanese particle meaning “something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...” in English. It can also be translated as “weakening (of the market), blanching (of vegetables; by depriving them of light)” depending on context. It is written as なんか in hiragana, and nanka in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N1 vocabulary.