How to say "none" in Japanese

• 皆無かいむCommon
  na-adjective, no-adjectiveCovers 'none' as a noun: a state of complete absence — 'nil', 'none whatsoever' — said of things like evidence, experience, or risk. A common word.
• どれにも
  expressionSays 'none of them' with each item weighed in turn: after several things have been tried or compared, not a single one fits or works. A less common choice for 'none'.
  このコンピューターは品質ひんしつではどれにも劣おとらない。↗

  This computer is second to none in quality.
• どれも
  adverbBy itself it means 'any of them' or 'every one of them'; with a negative verb it becomes 'none of them', as when several options were offered and not one appealed.
  その本ほんはどれも読よんでない。↗

  I have not read all the books.

For 'none' as a noun — a complete absence, 'nil' — use 皆無; when going through a set of items or options and not one qualifies, use 「どれも」 with a negative verb, or 「どれにも」.

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• 皆無かいむnonexistent
• どれにもnone
• どれもany
• ともboth