How to say "whichever" in Japanese

• どれでもCommon
  adverbCovers 'whichever (one)' in the neutral sense that any item from a set is acceptable — 'whichever you like is fine'. It presents all options as equally okay, without implying you dislike any of them.
  どれでも好すきな花はなを取とりなさい。↗

  Take whichever flower you like.
• どうでもいいCommon
  expressionMatches 'whichever' only through indifference: 'whichever, I don't care'. Its core sense is 'it doesn't matter to me', so it sounds dismissive; use it when you genuinely have no preference or interest, not merely to pick an item.

Use 「どれでも」 when 'whichever' means any one of a set will do; use 「どうでもいい」 when it expresses indifference, i.e. you do not care which one is chosen.

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• どれでもany one
• どちらでもeither
• どっちみちanyway
• どうでもいいwhatever
• どうだっていいwhatever