what is the meaning of "nandemonai"? (2024)

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What is the meaning of nandemonai? ›

It is conversational Japanese, means,"Nothing."

“Whatever” literally translates to “なんでも”(nandemo) or “どうでも” (doudemo) but the popular usage is “なんでもいい”(nandemo ii) or “どうでもいい”(doudemo ii). These mean “whatever” or “anything is fine” just like Rudravaram already answered.

any, anything, everything. whatever it is.

Mondai nai is the literal way to say “No problem.” 問題 (もんだい) means 'problem' and ない means 'there is not'.

Wakaranai is generally used as a more polite / soft way of saying “I don't know”.

The textbook answer to how to say “no” in Japanese is to say iie – pronounced like “eee-eh” (a long “ee”, pronounced like the letter e, followed by a short “eh”, pronounced like the letter a). If you learn Japanese, this is probably the first way you'll learn to say no.

If you want to make it more formal you should say “nan demo ii desu” (anything/whatever is good).

Needless to say, Japanese has innumerable ways to express "good," the most familiar of which are いい (ii) and 良い (yoi).

Numbers are pronounced in a certain way when you count up from zero* to ten in Japanese. I want you to check how four and seven are read, in particular. 0 - ぜろ (zero) 1 - いち (ichi) 2 - に (ni) 3 - さん (san)

Ii desu (いいです)

That said, ii desu literally just means “it's good” or “that's ok,” so there are plenty of other times where it might come in handy.