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Meanings

1

adverb

anything and everything; all sorts of things

usually written using kana alone

Emphasizes an indiscriminate, sweeping inclusion of things, often with a negative or critical tone when overdone.

彼かれはなんでもかんでも知しっていると思おもっている。
He thinks he knows anything and everything.

なんでもかんでも買かってしまう癖くせがある。

I have a habit of buying all sorts of things indiscriminately.

2

adverb

by all means; at any cost

usually written using kana alone

Used when someone insists on doing something no matter what, often with a stubborn or desperate nuance.

なんでもかんでも自じ分ぶんの意い見けんを通とおそうとする。
He tries to push his opinion through by all means.
なんでもかんでも勝かちたいという気き持もちが強つよすぎる。
His desire to win at any cost is too strong.

Written forms

何なんでもかんでも
Mixed kanji-kana spelling; less common than the pure kana form.
何なんでも彼かんでも
rarely-used kanji form
Rare kanji form using 彼; it is rarely used.

Kanji

何what
彼he, that, the

Similar words

何なんでも
なんでも means 'anything' or 'whatever' in a neutral sense, while なんでもかんでも adds emphasis on indiscriminate inclusion or stubborn insistence.
何なにから何なにまで
何から何まで means 'everything from A to Z' and is more about completeness, whereas なんでもかんでも often carries a nuance of doing things without discrimination or restraint.

Etymology

Reduplicative emphatic form of 何でも (anything), with かんでも likely derived from a sound shift or emphatic repetition. The exact derivation of かんでも is uncertain.