GRAMMAR
〜くもなんともない
not ~ or anything
not at all
Explanation
NOTE
〜くもなんともない means not... or anything — a strong denial that something is true at all.
この映画は怖くもなんともない。
This movie is not scary or anything.
NOTE
It emphatically rejects a feeling or quality others might expect. The tone is casual and a bit defiant.
そんな話、面白くもなんともない。
A story like that is not interesting at all.
It often answers an assumption — here, that the story should be interesting.
NOTE
With an i-adjective, drop the final い and add くもなんともない.
STRUCTURE
Adj-Iい
くもなんともないこの料理は辛くもなんともない。
Kono ryouri wa karaku mo nantomonai.
This dish is not spicy or anything.
外は寒くもなんともない。
Soto wa samuku mo nantomonai.
It is not cold or anything outside.
その仕事は難しくもなんともない。
Sono shigoto wa muzukashiku mo nantomonai.
That job is not difficult at all.
この仕事は、難しくもなんともないです。
Kono shigoto wa, muzukashikumomonattomonai desu.
This job is not difficult or anything at all.
そんなこと、悲しくもなんともないよ。
Sonna koto, kanashikumomonattomonai yo.
That sort of thing isn't sad or anything at all.
わたしは全然、暑しくもなんともない。
Watashi wa zenzen, atsukumomonattomonai.
I am not hot or anything at all.
Practice exercises
1
この映画は怖くもなんともない。
This movie is not scary or anything.
Answer
怖くもなんともない
2
この料理は辛くもなんともない。
This dish is not spicy or anything.
Answer
くもなんともない
3
彼が言ったことは、新しくもなんともない事実だった。
What he said was a fact that was not new at all.
Answer
くもなんともない
4
彼は考えるだにせず、それが喜ばしくもなんともないと言った。
He didn't even think about it and said it was not joyful at all.
Answer
くもなんともない
5
誰かの助けなしに、その仕事は難しくもなんともない。
Without anyone's help, that work was not difficult at all.
Answer
くもなんともない
6
私には理解するべくもないが、あの映画は面白くもなんともない。
Although it's impossible for me to understand, that movie is not interesting at all.
Answer
くもなんともない
7
この問題は難しくもなんともない、すぐ解決できるはずだ。
This problem is not difficult at all; it should be solved immediately.
Answer
くもなんともない