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JLPT N2
Edit  newt
Meaning
dont mind, dont care about
Edit  newt
Formation
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Phrases
こどもはふくがぬれるのもかまわずかわのなかにはいってあそんでいる。
Without caring that their clothes get wet, children go into the river and play.
Edit  #3201 newt, Iroha-
ひとのめいわくもかまわずでんしゃのなかでけいたいでんわではなしているひとがいる。
There are people who talk on mobile phones without concern for bothering others.
Edit  #3202 newt, bamboo4
あねはかぞくのしんぱいもかまわずきけんなふゆ、やまへいこうとする。
Regardless of my family's worrying, my elder sister is trying to go to the mountains during the dangerous winter.
Edit  #7211 sureshnihon
Discussion and comments
V + にもかまわず
N + にもかまわず
人目(に)もかまわず
不景気(に)もかまわず
jenifer3634816
〜を気にしないで〜。〜に気を使わず平気で〜
sureshnihon
I remember it by the translation 'without regard to'
It sounds more formal, but it works with things like: This company hires regardless of age or experience.
boytokyo
is this like 構わない? that always struck me as a strange word, translated as "don't care" but used as "that's fine" in a positive way.
anon
そうです。ず here implys negative and those examples can be reaplaced with も構わないで、. 'mind' is tricky for me when it's spoken.
Miki
why is mo used before writing kamawazu?
andre
Maybe it's used for emphasis?
Zio
guess: It's a scope thing... vs は and が it sort of makes sense to use も. は would open up all sorts of possible things, が would be too restrictive. the も would stem from nothing at all AND the original action... just guessing
ninja_k