でもない

Means ‘neither… nor…’ or ‘it is not that…’ to deny options or assumptions.

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Other forms

でもありません polite form

1 Grammar Pattern (attaches to nouns)

Neither... nor...

Connects two nouns to indicate that the subject belongs to neither category.

Example

これは犬でも猫でもない。

This is neither a dog nor a cat.

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2 Grammar Pattern (attaches to nouns, na-adjectives, and verbs)

It's not that... / It's not like...

Softens a negation to imply that a situation is not entirely true or to correct a specific assumption without being absolute.

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でもない

Means 'neither... nor...' or 'it is not that...' to deny options or assumptions.

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