<entry id="1993516" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>1611030</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>何でも</keb>
<ke_pri>ichi1</ke_pri>
<ke_pri>news1</ke_pri>
<ke_pri>nf07</ke_pri>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>なんでも</reb>
<re_pri>ichi1</re_pri>
<re_pri>news1</re_pri>
<re_pri>nf07</re_pri>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&exp;</pos>
<misc>&uk;</misc>
<gloss>any</gloss>
<gloss>anything</gloss>
<gloss>whatever</gloss>
<gloss>whatever one likes</gloss>
<gloss>everything</gloss>
<gloss>all</gloss>
</sense>
<sense>
<pos>&adv;</pos>
<misc>&uk;</misc>
<s_inf>at start of sentence</s_inf>
<gloss>I am told</gloss>
<gloss>I hear</gloss>
<gloss>I understand</gloss>
<gloss>they say</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2011-06-14 22:51:58" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_detl>Hi. I have read that なんでも at the start of a sentence indicates hearsay or indirect knowledge (rather like そうです at the end). If correct, I think this usage is distinct enough to warrant a separate mention in the definition.</upd_detl>
</audit>
<audit time="2011-06-14 23:19:54" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Quite correct.
I'm tagging it "uk"; kana form leads 180M to 150M.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>GG5, 新和英中辞典, etc.</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -19,0 +19,1 @@
+&lt;misc&gt;&amp;uk;&lt;/misc&gt;
@@ -25,0 +26,9 @@
+&lt;sense&gt;
+&lt;pos&gt;&amp;exp;&lt;/pos&gt;
+&lt;misc&gt;&amp;uk;&lt;/misc&gt;
+&lt;s_inf&gt;at start of sentence&lt;/s_inf&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;I am told&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;I understand&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;they say&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;I hear&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;/sense&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2018-12-11 02:03:04" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>robin1354</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Robin Scott</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Sense 1 is exp. Sense 2 is adv.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>daij, gg5, prog</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -18 +17,0 @@
-&lt;pos&gt;&amp;adv;&lt;/pos&gt;
@@ -20,0 +20,2 @@
+&lt;gloss&gt;anything&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;whatever&lt;/gloss&gt;
@@ -22,2 +22,0 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;by all means&lt;/gloss&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;anything&lt;/gloss&gt;
@@ -24,0 +24 @@
+&lt;gloss&gt;all&lt;/gloss&gt;
@@ -27 +27 @@
-&lt;pos&gt;&amp;exp;&lt;/pos&gt;
+&lt;pos&gt;&amp;adv;&lt;/pos&gt;
@@ -30,0 +31 @@
+&lt;gloss&gt;I hear&lt;/gloss&gt;
@@ -33 +33,0 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;I hear&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2018-12-11 16:29:10" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>