English–Japanese

“nothing” in Japanese

Japanese

Also何もない (nanimonai)

Romajimu

無から何かが生まれます。mu ka ra nan ka ga u ma re ma su

Something comes from nothing.

“Nothing” in Japanese is 無 (mu).

Points to a condition in which no thing, content, or amount is present.

せっかくの努力を無にしたくありません。se kka ku no do ryoku o mu ni shi ta ku a ri ma se n

I do not want to make all that effort come to nothing.

Japanese often expresses an answer of "nothing" with 何もない (nanimo nai, "there is nothing"), whereas 無 (mu) is common in formal or abstract language.

nanimonai

i-adjectivenothing

かばんの中には何もないと思います。ka ba n no naka ni wa nani mo na i to omo i ma su

I think there is nothing in the bag.