〜も何ともない: meaning and usage

How to form it

• い-adjective (-く form)+も何ともない
• な-adjective (stem)/noun+でも何でもない

How it is used

A flat 'not A at all', mostly with adjectives of feeling or sensation such as 「痛い」 and 「怖い」. With nouns and な-adjectives it is 「〜でも何でもない」: 'not A or anything of the kind'. Conversational and emphatic.

Examples

1. こんな切り傷、痛くも何ともないよ。

   A cut like this doesn't hurt at all.

2. 人前で歌うのは、もう恥ずかしくも何ともない。

   Singing in front of people doesn't embarrass me at all any more.

3. 彼とはただの同級生で、恋人でも何でもない。

   He and I are just classmates, not a couple or anything.