- ともなく
- ―ともなく¶ → どこからともなく¶彼女はどこから~ひょっこりやってきたShe came up from goodness knows where.¶彼はどこへ~姿を消してしまったHe has gone to I don't know [nobody knows] where.* * *-ともなくwithout knowing 《it》; unconsciously.
●見るともなく見ていたら when I was watching 《TV》 without really paying attention
・いつからともなく since God knows when
・どこからともなく out of nowhere.
●来るともなく来てしまった. I didn't mean to come here, but I just happened to.
・だれからともなく言い出した. Someone―I have no idea who―brought it up.
・〔2 人のうち〕 どちらにともなくたずねた. She asked a question to neither of them in particular.
・何をするともなくぼんやりすわっていた. I was sitting there without knowing what to do.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.