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Grammar detail: なんか〜ない

なんか〜ない  indicate something unexpected or unwanted
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negative verb
is used to suggest that the initial phrase describes something negative or unwanted.
そうした
かのじょ
彼女
もんく
文句
った
でも
みず
なんかなかった
"I did that," she complained, "but there was no water in it!"
ペットなんか
ぜったい
絶対
わない

There's no way I'd keep a pet.
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Kanji used in this grammar

ヒ   かれ he   
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ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
ブン   モン    literature   ふみ a letter   
ク    verse, phrase   
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ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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スイ   みず water   
ゼツ   たえる to die out   たやす to eradicate   た to sever, to cut off   
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タイ   ツイ    vis-a-vis   
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シ   raise animals   か to raise (animals), rear   
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