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何なにも〜ない

なにも〜ないnani mo naiN5neutral

nothing + savor + not

nanimo ajiwawanai

nothing; not anything — 何なに plus も with a negative verb

meaning: not savor anything

Related

  • 味あじわう
  • 何なにも〜ない
  • 何なにも味あじわわない

検査けんさの前まえは何なにも味あじわわないほうがいい。

kensa no mae wa nanimo ajiwawanai hou ga ii.

It's better to not savor anything before the examination. neutral

冷蔵庫れいぞうこ、何なにも入はいってないよ。買かい物もの行いこう。

reizouko, nani mo haittenai yo. kaimono ikou.

There's nothing in the fridge — let's go shopping. casual

All examples5

nothing; not anything — 何なに with a negative denies everything at once

  1. 検査けんさの前まえは何なにも食たべないほうがいい。

    kensa no mae wa nanimo tabenai hou ga ii.

    It's better to not eat anything before the examination. neutral

  2. 冷蔵庫れいぞうこ、何なにも入はいってないよ。買かい物もの行いこう。

    reizouko, nani mo haittenai yo. kaimono ikou.

    There's nothing in the fridge — let's go shopping. casual

  3. 朝あさからずっと忙いそがしくて、まだ何なにも食たべていません。

    asa kara zutto isogashikute, mada nani mo tabete imasen.

    I've been busy since morning and haven't eaten anything yet. neutral

  4. 部屋へやには机つくえが一ひとつあるだけで、ほかには何なにもなかった。

    heya ni wa tsukue ga hitotsu aru dake de, hoka ni wa nani mo nakatta.

    There was just one desk in the room and nothing else. neutral

  5. その件けんについては、まだ何なにも伺うかがっておりません。

    sono ken ni tsuite wa, mada nani mo ukagatte orimasen.

    I have not heard anything about that matter yet. formal

How it's formed1

All forms1

  • なんにもnannimocolloquial

    The stronger spoken form of the same phrase — なんにも聞きいてないよ.

Notes

が and を both drop before も. に and と survive it instead (何なににも使つかわない,
何なにとも言いえない).