a word, a shortest part that means something in a sentence

sound and meaning / an annotated text that records the pronunciation and meaning of words, especially Chinese characters which are difficult to read or interpret

(adverbial particle, dismissive, derogatory) emphasizes disgust, contempt, or otherwise negative feelings of the speaker: whatever

What? What did you say?

whatchamacallit, X

what

What?, Huh?

what / that thing (used in place of words you can't remember at the moment.)

what number, how many (used with a counter) / (used with も) many (used with a counter)

something