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何でも (なんでも) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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Related words 何か points to one unspecified, limited thing, whereas 何でも means 'anything at all' with no restriction on what is meant.
何でも is the everyday, casual way to say 'anything at all', while 何なり is a more formal, polite word typically used when offering someone a choice or invitation.
何でも means 'anything/whatever' in a neutral sense, while 何でもかんでも adds emphasis on indiscriminate or excessive inclusion, often with a critical tone.
何でも means 'anything/whatever' and focuses on any single item chosen freely, while 何もかも means 'everything' as a collective, exhaustive whole.
何でも means 'anything at all' with a broader, less choice-specific scope, while どれでも refers to picking any one item from a specific set already presented.
Don't confuse with 何も pairs with negative predicates to mean 'nothing at all', whereas 何でも is affirmative and means 'anything/everything'.
何か means 'something' (one unspecified thing), while 何でも means 'anything at all' (no restriction on which thing).
Etymology Compound of 何 (nani, 'what') + でも (de mo, 'even if'). The adverbial hearsay sense likely developed from the idea of 'whatever it may be, I hear that...'.
なんでもかんでも
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何でも is the plain word for 'anything', while 何でもかんでも is its emphatic, doubled form used to criticize excessive or indiscriminate behavior.
何でも means 'anything/whatever', while 何とも (similar in form) means 'not at all' or 'really/very' and is not interchangeable with it.
