何でも

Japanese

Kanji in this term
何
なん Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) な​んでも [náꜜǹ dèmò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [nã̠n de̞mo̞]

Adverb

何(なん)でも • (nan demo) 

1. apparently, it seems, it looks like

   何(なん)でも近(ちか)く結(けっ)婚(こん)するらしい

   nan demo chikaku kekkon sururashii

   (please add an English translation of this example)

2. no matter what, by all means

   何(なに)が何(なん)でもやりぬこう

   nani ga nan demo yarinukō

   (please add an English translation of this example)

Phrase

何(なん)でも • (nan demo) 

1. anything; whatever one likes

   この犬(いぬ)はほとんど何(なん)でも食(た)べます。

   Kono inu wa hotondo nandemo tabemasu.

   This dog eats almost anything.

See also

• 何でも屋