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Meaning of でもない in Japanese
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でもない
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Romajidemonai
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)
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- neither... nor... (with the implication that there are other "nor..." items)
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- Parts of speech
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- denying explicitly one thing and also denying implicitly other things as well
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- Parts of speech
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- not like (you); not (your) usual self
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Examples of , でもない in a sentence
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人が肉体を持ち、地上に生まれたからといって、地上のことを全て理解するわけではないのと同様に、死んだからといって霊的世界を全て理解しているわけでもないのです。
Just because people are corporeal born to this world doesn't mean that they understand everything about it, similarly just because somebody's died doesn't mean that they understand everything about the incorporeal world.
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Since it's not the rainy season, there's no need for an umbrella.
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A friend to all is a friend to none.
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He's just a normal junior high school student, not particularly intelligent.
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別に制服着込んだ外宇宙の使者が、伴侶を求めて徘徊してるわけでもなかろうに。
It's not as if an emissary from outer space will have slipped into school uniform and be loitering around seeking a partner.
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「見た目は悪くないがちょっと軽薄そう」な外見とは裏腹に、彼女はいないし、女性に手が早いワケでもない。
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.