Japanese DictionaryDefinition of でもない
Words related to でもない
- (adj-i) unthinkable; unexpected; outrageous; offensive
ジャックが音楽が苦手なんてとんでもない、それどころか、ピアノを弾くのがうまい。
It isn't true that Jack is no good at music; on the contrary, he plays the piano well. - (exp) absolutely not!; not at all!; far from it!; impossible!; preposterous!; what a thing to say!; no way!; bullshit
「君はそれを終えたか」「とんでもない、始めたばかりだ」
"Have you finished it?" "On the contrary, I've just begun." - don't mention it; you're welcome
- (exp) it goes without saying; there is no need to say so, but of course; it is needless to say; it need scarcely be said
言うまでもないことだがローマは１日にしては成らず。
It goes without saying that Rome was not built in a day.
- (adj-i) not as dissatisfied (or annoyed) as (s)he would have us believe
- (exp) humming and hawing; shilly-shallying
- (exp) ill omened (as in "Don't say such an ill omened thing!"); unlucky
縁起でもないこと言うなよ。
It's bad luck to say that.
- (exp) can't help; won't make much difference
Sentences containing でもない
In contrast to his "not bad looks but seems a bit of a dandy" appearance, he didn't have a girlfriend and he wasn't particularly fast with the ladies.
"Well, that is, it's not something I can boast of," in fact it's not something I can talk unashamedly about in public.
You're crazy if you think he's on the up-and-up. The only reason you can say that is because you don't know what he's doing behind the scenes.