なくもない

なくもないnaku mo naineutral

savor + it's not that one doesn't

ajiwawa naku mo nai

it's not that one doesn't; sort of, up to a point

meaning: it's not that I don't savor

Related

  • 味あじわう
  • 〜なくもない
  • 味あじわわなくもない

彼かれの言いい分ぶんも、味あじわわなくもない。

kare no iibun mo, ajiwawa naku mo nai.

As for his side of it, it's not that I don't savor. neutral

面倒めんどうだけど、頼たのまれれば手伝てつだわなくもないよ。

mendou da kedo, tanomarereba tetsudawanaku mo nai yo.

It's a hassle, but if you ask me, it's not like I wouldn't help. casual

Same meaning1

it's not that X can't; possible after all

All examples3

it's not that one doesn't — a partial yes, from two negatives

  1. 彼かれの言いい分ぶんも、分わからなくもない。

    kare no iibun mo, wakara naku mo nai.

    As for his side of it, it's not that I don't understand. neutral

  2. 面倒めんどうだけど、頼たのまれれば手伝てつだわなくもないよ。

    mendou da kedo, tanomarereba tetsudawanaku mo nai yo.

    It's a hassle, but if you ask me, it's not like I wouldn't help. casual

  3. ご提案ていあんの趣旨しゅしは理解りかいできなくもありませんが、時期尚早じきしょうそうかと存ぞんじます。

    go teian no shushi wa rikai dekinaku mo arimasen ga, jikishousou ka to zonjimasu.

    It is not that I fail to see the point of your proposal, but I believe it premature. formal

How it's formed2

All forms5

  • なくはないnakuhanaialternant

    味あじわわなくはない

    は in place of も softens it a notch (行いかなくはない grants the fact more plainly). Neither form is more spoken than the other.

  • ないでもないnaidemonailiterary

    味あじわわないでもない

    The same trick on plain ない, stiffer and mostly written — 考かんがえられないでもない.

  • ないものでもないnaimonodemonailiterary

    味あじわわないものでもない

    Stiffer still, with the air of a general truth. Almost only seen in written argument or negotiation.

  • pastなくもなかったnakumonakatta

    味あじわわなくもなかった

  • politeなくもありませんnakumoarimasen

    味あじわわなくもありません

Notes

The two negatives cancel to a yes, never a no. 行いかなくもない means you might
well go, with doubt only in how far.