How to say "anywhere" in Japanese
- adverbCovers 'anywhere' only as boundless extent — going to the ends of the earth, or continuing for all time. Seldom the neutral 'any place at all' word; it suits something stretching on without limit.
- adverbThe ordinary word for the plain 'any place at all' sense — the one for questions, and for negatives, where it amounts to 'nowhere, not ... anywhere'.
Use 「どこにも」 for the plain 'any place at all' sense of anywhere, especially in questions and negatives; 「どこまでも」 is not that word — it stresses boundless extent, 'to the ends of the earth' or 'for all time'.
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