► 副詞
何も [なにも] [何も～ない] meaning: anything rank: 1
☆ 私は何も知らない ⇨ I don’t know anything
☆ 私は何も覚えていない ⇨ I don’t remember anything
何も [なにも] [何も～ない] meaning: nothing rank: 1
☆ 楽しい事は何も無い ⇨ There is nothing fun
☆ 特に変わったことは何も無い ⇨ There is nothing unusual
何も [(1)なにも] [何も～言っていない] [coll] meaning: insist rank: 2
☆ 何も死んだ者を生き返らせろとは言っていない ⇨ I am not saying you have to resurrect the dead
☆ 何も返さないとは言っていない ⇨ I am not saying I won’t return it to you
何も [(1)なにも] [何も～言わない] [coll] meaning: insist rank: 2
☆ 何も今すぐやれとは言わない ⇨ I am not saying you have to do it right now
何も [(1)なにも] [何も～ない] [coll] meaning: unnecessary rank: 2
☆ 何もそんな言い方をする必要はないだろう ⇨ There is no need to put it that way
☆ 何も泣くことはないだろう ⇨ There is no need to cry. It is not that big a deal
► 成句
何も [(1)なにも] [～も何も] meaning: everything rank: 3
☆ 子供は食事も何も忘れてゲームをしている ⇨ The kids are playing games forgetting meals and everything else (☛ Always follows another noun as ～も何も)
☆ 津波で家も何も全て流されてしまった ⇨ Houses and everything else were washed away by the tsunami (☛ Always follows another noun as ～も何も)
More examples:
- この食品には人工のものは何も添加されていない ⇨ Nothing artificial is added to this food
- もう思い残すことは何もない ⇨ There is nothing I miss, regret now (before I die)
- こんなに暑いと何もしなくても体が休まらない ⇨ When it is this hot, my body won’t rest well even if I don’t do anything
- 彼は愚痴るばっかりで自分は何もしない ⇨ He just whine and doesn’t do anything himself
- 現実から逃避しても何も解決しない ⇨ You don’t solve anything by escaping from the reality
- 失うものは何もない ⇨ I’ve got nothing to lose
- 彼は何もしていなくても華が有る ⇨ He has flair, panache, charisma, even when he is not doing anything
- 子供が公共の場で泣き叫んでいるのに親は何もしない ⇨ The parents are not doing anything even though their child is crying and screaming in public
- 彼は失うものが何も無いことを逆手に取って大胆な戦略を取った ⇨ He adopted very bold tactics taking advantage of the fact that he had nothing to lose
- あいつは大きな口を叩くが実際は何もしない ⇨ He talks big, smack, but won’t really do anything
- 外見上は何も問題なく見える ⇨ From outside it appears there is no problem
- 欲しがるだけでは何も手に入らない ⇨ You won’t win anything just by wanting, wishing
- 君さえいてくれれば他は何も要らない ⇨ As long as you are there for me, I don’t need anything else
- 彼は不正を知っていながら何もしなかった ⇨ He knew of the wrongdoing but didn’t do anything about it
- 何もしなかったら大惨事になりかねない ⇨ If we don’t do anything it can be a disaster