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In English, there's an expression, 'What kind of ~~~ is/am/are he/she/it/they/you/I?' used as a rhetorical question meaning the thing in question is not a very good example of a ~~~. I'd like to know if there's a similar use in Japanese. (A literal translation might be どんな～～～なの・なんだ・なんですか・なんです, but I don't think that works.)

In English, there's an expression, 'What kind of ~~~ is/am/are he/she/it/they/you/I?' used as a rhetorical question meaning the thing in question is not a very good example of a ~~~. I'd like to know if there's a similar use in Japanese. (A literal translation might be どんな～～～なの・なんだ・なんですか・なんです, but I don't think that works.

In English, there's an expression, 'What kind of ~~~ is/am/are he/she/it/they/you/I?' used as a rhetorical question meaning the thing in question is not a very good example of a ~~~. I'd like to know if there's a similar use in Japanese. (A literal translation might be どんな～～～なの・なんだ・なんですか・なんです, but I don't think that works.)

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What kind of ~~~ is it?

In English, there's an expression, 'What kind of ~~~ is/am/are he/she/it/they/you/I?' used as a rhetorical question meaning the thing in question is not a very good example of a ~~~. I'd like to know if there's a similar use in Japanese. (A literal translation might be どんな～～～なの・なんだ・なんですか・なんです, but I don't think that works.