How to say “It doesn’t matter” in Japanese?
PRONUNCIATION IN JAPANESE
気にしなくていいです / きにしなくていいです(kinisinakuteiidesu) = “Never mind”
気にしなくていい / きにしなくていい(kinisinakuteii) = “Never mind”
かまいません (kamaimasen) = “I don’t care”
かまわない (kamawanai) = “I don’t care”
EXAMPLE
1) 待たせてごめんなさい / またせてごめんなさい (matasete gomennasai)
Sorry for have kept you waiting.
matu = wait
mataseru = have keep you waiting
gomennasai = sorry
気にしなくていいです / きにしなくていいです (kinisinakuteiidesu)
It doesn’t matter.
2) あなたはお寿司と天ぷらのどちらを食べたいですか? / あなたはおすしとてんぷらのどちらがたべたいですか? (anata wa osushi to tempura no dotira o tabetaidesuka?)
Which do you want to eat, sushi or tempra?
anata = you
osushi = sushi
to = or
tempra = tempra
dotira = which
taberu = eat
sitai = want to
tabetai = want to eat you waiting
どちらでもかまいません (dotirademo kamaimasen)
It doesn’t matter which it is.
dotira = which
dotira demo = which it is
kamaimasen = it doesn’t matter
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