jmdict 2179900 Active (id#2201938)
何もない； 何も無い
【 なにもない； なんもない 】
  1. [exp,adj-i]
    • there is nothing
    • having nothing
    Cross references:
    • ⇐ see: 1090470 ナッシング 1. nothing
Conjugations
History:
    • A 2022-08-04 07:06:19 Jim Breen
    • Comments
      No objection from Marcus.
    • A* 2022-07-23 21:38:43
    • Diff
      @@ -20 +20 @@
-<gloss>(I, we, they, etc.) have nothing</gloss>
+<gloss>having nothing</gloss>
    • A 2022-07-23 11:16:16 Jim Breen
    • A* 2022-07-22 14:35:16 Marcus Richert
    • Diff
      @@ -19,0 +20 @@
+<gloss>(I, we, they, etc.) have nothing</gloss>
    • A 2019-10-15 02:43:03 Jim Breen
    • Comments
      I think it's worth keeping -it's common and has 63 sentences linked to it.
When Paul Blay proposed it in 2007 he commented that it could possibly have more glosses. I see that most of the 63 have it as "nothing: in some form, e.g.
私の邪魔をするものは何もない。 There is nothing to hinder me.
我々には行く手をさえぎるものは何もない。 Nothing bars our way.
Almost all examples have it at the end of the sentence, which may be worth a note.
Interestingly, in the two sentences where it is glossed as "empty" it is not prenominal:
その部屋には使い古したベッドのほかは何もなかった。 The room was empty except for a shabby bed. 
倉庫には家具が一つの他には何もなかった。 The warehouse was empty except for a piece of furniture.
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