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I would like to know the correct (colloquial) word for "somehow".

For example, I want to say

> "I've been feeling out of it _somehow_ lately".

Which will be something like

"最近(なんだか？)ぼーっとしてる"

Or I want to say,

> "I saw you reacted (to this) _somehow_ ".

which would be something like

"なんだか反応したと思った"
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The correct word to say "somehow" in different situations?
最近なんだかぼーっとしてる is excellent.

I would say なにやら反応したようだね for "I saw you reacted (to this) somehow". (Actually,
どうやら is a better translation for "somehow" alone, but どうやら反応したようだね sounds more
of "Looks like you reacted" than "you reacted somehow".

何{なに}やら is an adverb formed by なに + やら. I can't give you the exact grammatical
explanation for やら, but it helps to add "vagueness", "haziness", "obscurity",
"uncertainty", etc.

やられる is the passive form of やる. やる corresponds to "to do" in the very general
sense (or if you know Latin, it corresponds to "agere".)

反応したようだった vs 反応したようだ This is hard to explain. I have the impression that
反応したようだった corresponds to "looked to have reacted" and 反応したようだ corresponds to
"looks to have reacted".
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A couple of possible alternatives to @eltonjohn's answers are `なぜか`, `なんとなく`,
and `どういうわけか`.
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