JLPT N3 · Expression

なにも (nanimo)

なにも is a Japanese expression meaning “(not) anything; (nothing) at all”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: なにも
Romaji: nanimo
Word class: Expression
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any; nothing · expression · with neg. verb
and everything else; and all · expression · as ...も何も
(not) at all; (not) in the least; (not) especially; (not) to that extent · expression · as ...なくてもいい, ...ことはない, etc.

Example sentences

過ちのない者は何も作り出せない。

He who makes no mistakes makes nothing.

Tatoeba #186512

車も何もなく、生活保護で生きてます。

I'm living on welfare, without a car or anything.

Tatoeba #74726

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Source: JMdict entry 1188490 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.