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What is the meaning of **何のこともかんのことも**?

What does かん stand for here?

In context:

The first person says: 「旦那様、それは何のことでやんすか。人ぎきの悪いことだ」, to which the second
person answers, beginning with 何のこともかんのことも and continuing by explaining what
the matter was.
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What is 何のこともかんのことも?
(Your story appears to be [傘の絵](http://minwa.fujipan.co.jp/area/iwate_016/))

A millionaire (the second person) has bought a painting of a woman with an
umbrella. The millionaire feels that he has been tricked. When the millionaire
sees the salesman who sold the painting (the first person), he is angry at
him, to which the salesman responds:

> 旦那様、それは **何のこと** でやんすか。人[聞]{ぎ}きの悪いことだ  
>  Master, **what** is that all about? It's disgraceful.

This 何のこと is to what the millionaire answers

> **何のこともかん** のことも、（…）

where 「かん」 is "that" or "other".

「何のこともかんのことも」 could be literally translated to "what and that", but this
translation doesn't make much sense in English. Given the context, I would
translate it to "Oh, I'll tell you what it's all about!". The important point
about this translation is repeating what the salesman said. The function of
「かんのこと」 in this phrase is to say that "there is more to it".

After 「、」 the millionaire continues to explain how the painting didn't "work"
as expected.
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# 日本語

> 何のこともかんのことも

これは、「何のことも彼｛か｝のことも」の「音便変化 _euphonic change_ 」したものです。

> 「何｛なん｝の彼｛か｝の」が基本形です。

「何の彼の」は、例えば
[この辞書｛じしょ｝](https://kotobank.jp/word/%E4%BD%95%E3%81%AE%E5%BD%BC%E3%81%AE-590704)に次｛つぎ｝のような説明｛せつめい｝があります。

> あれこれ。いろいろ。 **なんのかんの** 。

もちろん「かんの＝彼｛か｝の」は英語では that
に相当｛そうとう｝します。「彼」は三人称｛さんにんしょう｝の「彼｛かれ｝」や「彼女｛かのじょ｝」でも使｛つか｝われています。

# English

> 何のことも **かん** のことも

かん in the phrase is the euphonic change from 彼｛か｝ which means "that
(indicating something distant from both speaker and listener (in space, time
or psychologically), or something understood without naming it directly)".

So the given phrase is expressed as:

> 何のことも彼のことも

This is a set phrase similar to 「何もかも _just about everything_ 」or 「あれもこれも
_this and that_ 」.

Similar to this phrase, "何のかんの" is more commonly used, which is an euphonic
change from "何の彼{か}の" that means " _something or other_ ".

なんだかんだ and なんやかんや shown by siikamiika are also euphonic changes from 何だ彼｛か｝だ
and 何や彼｛か｝や respectively having the same meaning as 何のかんの or 何の彼の.
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