How to say "whatever" in Japanese

• なんでもJLPT N3approx.Common
  expressionCovers 'whatever' in the sense of unrestricted choice — anything at all is acceptable. Typical in offers and requests, as in 'whatever you like' or 'anything is fine'; every option is presented as equally open.
  この犬いぬは何なんでもほとんど食たべます。↗

  This dog eats almost anything.
• どんなJLPT N5approx.Common
  pre-noun adjectivalMatches 'whatever' used before a noun, in the sense 'no matter what (kind of)'. It signals that the kind or type of the noun makes no difference, suiting phrases like 'whatever kind of...'.
  私はどんな戦争せんそうにも反対はんたいだ。↗

  I'm opposed to any type of war.
• どうでもいいCommon
  expressionCovers the dismissive 'whatever' that expresses indifference — 'I don't care' is the core sense. Use it to brush something off as unimportant; it concerns one's attitude, not any option being available.

Use 「なんでも」 for 'whatever' meaning 'anything at all', 「どんな」 for 'whatever' that modifies a noun ('no matter what kind'), and 「どうでもいい」 for the dismissive 'whatever' expressing indifference.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• なんでもany
• なんとでもwhatever
• どうであろうとwhatever (the case may be)
• 何であれなんであれwhatever
• ままよwhatever
• 何なりなんなりanything
• はいはいyeah, yeah
• どうであれhowever
• 何なりともなんなりともanything
• 何なりとなんなりとanything
• どっちみちanyway
• どんなno matter what (kind of)
• 次第しだいas (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes")
• どうでもいいwhatever
• いかなるno matter what (kind of)
• どうだっていいwhatever
• 知らないしらないI don't care