► 副詞
何とも [(1)なんとも] [なに+と+も] [coll] meaning: nothing rank: 1
☆ 今更何ともしようがない ⇨ There’s nothing you can do at this point
☆ 彼女は彼のことを何とも思っていない ⇨ She has no opinion of him. She is not interested in him
何とも [(1)なんとも] [何とも無い] [なに+と+も] [coll] meaning: nothing rank: 1
☆ コロナの予防接種を受けたが何とも無かった ⇨ I had COVID vaccines but didn’t have any side effect
☆ 皿を床に落としてしまったが、何ともなかった ⇨ I dropped a dish on the floor, but nothing happened to it
何とも [(1)なんとも] [なに+と+も] [liter] meaning: very rank: 3
☆ 一番肝心な時に腰砕けになるとは何とも情けない ⇨ How pathetic that he chickened out when it mattered most
☆ 最初からこうなると分かっていただけに何とも馬鹿らしい ⇨ It is very stupid because we knew this would happen
☆ 彼の発想は何とも御見事だ ⇨ His idea is simply genius
More examples:
- 今は何とも言えない ⇨ We can’t say anything definitive right now
- 彼は他人に迷惑を掛けている事を何とも思っていない ⇨ He doesn’t care at all that he’s causing so much trouble for others
- 何とも形容し難い味 ⇨ A taste you can’t really describe
- 政府は相手に譲歩しただけとは、何とも御粗末な話だ ⇨ It is pathetic that our government only gave up without gaining anything
- 今更如何ともし難い (いかんともしがたい) ⇨ At this point there is nothing you can do
- いやはや何とも、我ながら情けない ⇨ Oh well, I am really embarrassed myself
- 自分の目で確かめない事には何とも言えない ⇨ I can’t say anything definitive unless I make sure with my own eyes
- 彼の手抜きのせいでこんなことになって何とも腹立たしい ⇨ It is extremely annoying that we are in this hole because he cut corners