Vocab Info

N1 Expression

何事(なにごと)もなかったかのように

as if nothing had happened

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    • 単語の種類

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    Examples

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      (おお)地震(じしん)があったが、人々(ひとびと)何事(なにごと)もなかったかのように生活(せいかつ)をしている。

      There was a major earthquake, but people are living as if nothing had happened. {as if nothing had happened}

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      (ちち)最近(さいきん)(はは)()くしたばかりなのに、何事(なにごと)もなかったかのようにもう再婚(さいこん)をした。

      Despite recently losing my mother, my father remarried as if nothing had happened. {as if nothing had happened}

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      (もと)カノが(ぼく)とすれ(ちが)った(とき)何事(なにごと)もなかったかのように平然(へいぜん)としていて(かな)しかった。

      When my ex-girlfriend passed by me, she acted as if nothing had happened and it made me sad. {as if nothing had happened}

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      祖母(そぼ)()(かな)しすぎて、お葬式(そうしき)何事(なにごと)もなかったかのように冷静(れいせい)()()うことはできなかった。

      The grief over my grandmother's death was so overwhelming, I couldn't behave calmly at the funeral as if nothing had happened. {as if nothing had happened}

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      何事(なにごと)もなかったかのようにニコニコしていたのに(はは)には(わたし)元気(げんき)()(こと)がばれてしまった。

      Despite smiling as if nothing had happened, my mother found out that I was not feeling well. {as if nothing had happened}

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