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何でも [ichi1,news1,nf07]
【なんでも [ichi1,news1,nf07] 】

[exp] [uk]
▶ any
▶ anything
▶ whatever
▶ whatever one likes
▶ everything
▶ all

Cross references:
	⇐ see: 2119740 何だって【なんだって】 3. anyone; anything
	⇐ see: 2133160 何にでも【なんにでも】 1. everything; for (to) everything; (in) anything

[adv] [uk]
《at start of sentence》
▶ I am told
▶ I hear
▶ I understand
▶ they say

History:

4.	A 2018-12-11 16:29:10 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
3.	A* 2018-12-11 02:03:04 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	daij, gg5, prog
	Comments:	Sense 1 is exp. Sense 2 is adv.
	Diff:	@@ -18 +17,0 @@ -<pos>&adv;</pos> @@ -20,0 +20,2 @@ +<gloss>anything</gloss> +<gloss>whatever</gloss> @@ -22,2 +22,0 @@ -<gloss>by all means</gloss> -<gloss>anything</gloss> @@ -24,0 +24 @@ +<gloss>all</gloss> @@ -27 +27 @@ -<pos>&exp;</pos> +<pos>&adv;</pos> @@ -30,0 +31 @@ +<gloss>I hear</gloss> @@ -33 +33,0 @@ -<gloss>I hear</gloss>
2.	A 2011-06-14 23:19:54 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	GG5, 新和英中辞典, etc.
	Comments:	Quite correct. I'm tagging it "uk"; kana form leads 180M to 150M.
	Diff:	@@ -19,0 +19,1 @@ +<misc>&uk;</misc> @@ -25,0 +26,9 @@ +<sense> +<pos>&exp;</pos> +<misc>&uk;</misc> +<s_inf>at start of sentence</s_inf> +<gloss>I am told</gloss> +<gloss>I understand</gloss> +<gloss>they say</gloss> +<gloss>I hear</gloss> +</sense>
1.	A* 2011-06-14 22:51:58
	Comments:	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.

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