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Formation: N + もかまわず; V／い-Adj plain + の + もかまわず; な-Adj + な + の + もかまわず

〜もかまわず means doing something without minding X, where X is something people would normally worry about, such as other people's eyes, the weather, getting dirty or bothering others. It describes behaviour, usually someone else's, and often carries mild criticism or surprise, though it can also show how desperate or absorbed someone is. It is used in both speech and writing, and fixed phrases such as 人目もかまわず and the related ところかまわず are very common. Compare 〜を顧みず, which is more formal and is about disregarding something weighty like danger, one's own safety or family, often in a brave or reckless act. 〜をよそに means ignoring other people's worries or the situation around you, and 〜をものともせず praises someone for overcoming an obstacle.

Variants: 〜も構わず、〜のもかまわず

Examples

• 彼女は人目もかまわず、駅のホームで泣き崩れた。
  Not caring who saw, she broke down in tears on the station platform.
• 子どもたちは服が汚れるのもかまわず、泥遊びに夢中だ。
  The children are absorbed in playing in the mud, not caring if their clothes get dirty.
• 彼は周りの迷惑もかまわず、大声で電話を続けた。
  Paying no attention to the people he was bothering, he kept talking loudly on the phone.

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