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何と言っても (nantoittemo) Japanese meaning: after all | Kotomora
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言い
っ
て
も
、
健けん
康こう
が
一いち
番ばん
大たい
切せつ
だ
。
After all, health is the most important thing.
When it comes to this shop's ramen, the soup is undeniably superb.
Related words やはり also means 'after all' or 'as expected', but 何と言っても adds a stronger sense of 'no matter what anyone says' or 'undeniably'.
結局 focuses on the final outcome ('in the end'), while 何と言っても emphasizes the speaker's firm conviction regardless of others' opinions.
Written forms 何なん と 言い っても
Standard kanji-kana mixed spelling; widely used in formal and informal writing.
何なん といっても
Variant with hiragana と instead of kanji 言; slightly less common but still natural.
なんと 言い っても
Mixed kana-kanji spelling; often used in casual writing or when emphasizing the reading.
Etymology A fixed expression combining 何 (what), と (quotative particle), 言って (te-form of 言う 'to say'), and も (even). Literally 'even if one says what', it developed into an adverbial phrase meaning 'no matter what one says' or 'after all'.
