Japatan
Formação
- N + をものともせず(に)
Explicação
Means facing a difficulty such as an injury, opposition, or bad weather without being stopped by it. The speaker uses it to admire someone else's brave action, rarely for themselves. The second half describes an actual action or result, never a command, request, or intention.
Exemplos
選手たちは強い風をものともせず、最後まで走り続けた。
Undaunted by the strong wind, the runners kept going to the end.
彼女は周囲の反対をものともせず、自分の店を開いた。
Ignoring the objections of those around her, she opened her own shop.
アリさんは言葉の壁をものともせず、日本の大学院で研究を続けている。
Undeterred by the language barrier, Ali is continuing research at a Japanese graduate school.
登山隊は厳しい寒さをものともせずに、山頂を目指して進んだ。
Undaunted by the severe cold, the climbing team pushed on toward the summit.
Observações
にもかかわらず simply shows an unexpected result, while をものともせず praises the strength to face a difficulty.
Miniquiz
1彼は足のけが（ ）、試合に出場して勝利をつかんだ。
Resposta e explicação
Resposta: 2 をものともせず
Undaunted by his leg injury, he played in the match and won. を限りに marks an end, を皮切りに a start, and をもって a means or deadline, so they do not fit.
2「をものともせず」の使い方が正しい文はどれですか。
Resposta e explicação
Resposta: 3 子どもたちは冷たい水をものともせず、元気に川で遊んでいた。
3 is correct: "The children played energetically in the river, undaunted by the cold water." 1 is the speaker's intention and 2 a request. In 4, the person avoids the heat instead of facing it.
3彼女は ＿＿ ＿＿ ＿★＿ ＿＿ 、見事に優勝した。
Resposta e explicação
Resposta: 4 けがを
The order is 3→2→4→1: 彼女は大会の直前に負ったけがをものともせず、見事に優勝した (Undaunted by an injury she got just before the tournament, she won brilliantly). The starred item is けがを.
