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🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa, Yamatu)

なんくるないさ

nankuru nai sa

Pronunciation: [naŋ̍kuɾunaisa]

Definition

Expression

  1. Everything will be all right; it will all work out one way or another; everything will work itself out

Etymology

From なんくる nankuru "naturally", ない【為い】 nai "to become, to be", and the emphatic particle さ sa.

Notes

Variant:

なんくるなゆさ nankuru nayu sa

The expression is sometimes incorrectly given the kanji 【難来る無いさ】 and translated as "hardships will not come" in English. This spelling and translation are erroneous for the following reasons:

  • 難 nan only appears in Sinitic compounds in Okinawan; it is not used alone.
  • 無い nai is a Japanese word; the Okinawan reflexes are ねーん neen and ねーらん neeran.
  • 来る kuru is a Japanese word; the Okinawan reflex is ちゅーん chuun.

Given these reasons and the extremely close shape of the Japanese counterpart expression, なんとかなる【何とか成る・何とか為る】 nan toka naru, these Kanji are rejected.

Spelling

OrthographyForm
Kanaなんくるないさ
Romanizationnankuru nai sa
Pronunciation (IPA)[naŋ̍kuɾunaisa]

意味:なんとかなるよ【何とかなるよ・何とか成るよ・何とか為るよ】なんとかなるさ【何とかなるさ・何とか成るさ・何とか為るさ】、どうにかなるよ【どうにか成るよ】、どうにかなるさ【どうにか成るさ】

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なんくるないさ
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2026, October 29). なんくるないさ : nankuru nai sa | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2026, November 8, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/4233/nankurunaisa/.