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何も

なにも

nothing (with a negative); (emphatic) there is no need to go so far as to

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Examples

  1. 冷蔵庫には何もない。

    れいぞうこにはなにもない。

    There's nothing in the fridge.

  2. 過ちのない者は何も作り出せない。

    あやまちのないものはなにもつくりだせない。

    He who makes no mistakes makes nothing.

  3. 何も心配することはありませんよ。

    なにもしんぱいすることはありませんよ。

    There's nothing at all to worry about.

  4. 何もそこまで怒らなくてもいいだろう。

    なにもそこまでおこらなくてもいいだろう。

    There's really no need to get that angry about it.

Common patterns

何もない
there is nothing
何も知らない
to know nothing
何も〜なくてもいい
there is no need to go so far as to...

Memory tip

Beyond the plain "nothing + negative", 何も has an emphatic use at the head of a sentence: 何も…なくてもいい softens a protest, meaning "it's not as if you had to go that far".

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