知るか

do you know?

→ 知る

phrase Common #2,723

do you know? The examples use inflected forms of 知る with か to ask whether someone knows something. 知るか by itself can sound blunt or rhetorical, like “How should I know?”

JA: そんなこと、知るか。

EN: How should I know that?

知るか

How should I know?

— シカゴ (2002)

そんなこと知るかこいつを…どこへ？

How the hell should I know? This guy… where are you taking him?

— ほんとうのピノッキオ (2019)

知るかよ

How should I know?

— ANORA アノーラ (2024)

そんなこと知るか

How should I know?

— グッドフェローズ (1990)

何言ってる危険なのを知ってたと知るかそんなの

What are you talking about? How was I supposed to know it was dangerous? I don't know anything about that.

— タクシー運転手約束は海を越えて (2017)

知るか！

How should I know!

— ANORA アノーラ (2024)

大昔のテレビ俳優なんか知るか

Who gives a damn about some TV actor from ages ago?

— ワンス・アポン・ア・タイム・イン・ハリウッド (2019)