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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
☆ コロナ予防接種けたが何ともかった ⇨ I had COVID vaccines but didn’t have any side effect
☆ 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
☆ 一番肝心腰砕けになるとは何ともけない ⇨ How pathetic that he chickened out when it mattered most
☆ 最初からこうなると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
☆ 発想は何とも御見事だ ⇨ His idea is simply genius


More examples:
  • は何ともえない ⇨ We can’t say anything definitive right now
  • 他人迷惑けている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 ⇨ A taste you can’t really describe
  • 政府相手譲歩しただけとは、何とも御粗末だ ⇨ It is pathetic that our government only gave up without gaining anything
  • 今更如何ともし (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、ながらけない ⇨ Oh well, I am really embarrassed myself
  • 自分かめないには何ともえない ⇨ I can’t say anything definitive unless I make sure with my own eyes
  • 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