Neither

"Neither" in Japanese

XでもなくYでもない

X de mo naku Y de mo nai

(not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y)

XもYも…ない

X mo Y mo …nai

(not either (used with nor): neither X nor Y)

どちらも…ない

dochira mo … nai

(not one of two; not either)

どちらも…ない

dochira mo …nai

(not either one)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.