“What the?” in Japanese
Short answer
What the? in Japanese is “何それ” (nanisore). Full meaning: what the?, what's that?, what are you doing?, what's going on?.
Other ways to say “What the?” in Japanese
何これ
nanikore what the?, what's going on?, what's this?
何じゃそりゃ
nanjasorya what's that?, what the...
何だ
nanda what!, oh; what the heck, what the, damn
どんだけ
dondake how much, how many, to what extent; oh my god, how, what the, incredible
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