どうでもいい

Japanese

Etymology

どうでも (dōdemo, “however, in any way”) + いい (ii, “good, OK”). Literally, "(it's) fine whichever way".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [do̞ː de̞ mo̞ iː]

Adjective

どうでもいい • (dō de mo ii) -i (adverbial どうでもよく (dō de mo yoku))

  1. insignificant; meaningless; not worth attention, whatever
    どうでもよくなってきた。 ― Dō de mo yoku natte kita. ― I don't care any more.
    そんなこと私(わたし)にとってはどうでもいい
    sonna koto watashi ni totte wa dō de mo ii
    I don't care about this.

Inflection

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