not doing something like…; stop doing something trivial and do something else
→ なんか
phraseUncommon#11,449
not doing something like…; stop doing something trivial and do something elseなんか often makes the activity sound unimportant or dismissible. The phrase is commonly used in 〜なんかしてないで to tell someone to stop doing something and do something else instead.
JA: 天気がいいんだから、ゲームなんかしてないで外で遊びなさい。
EN: The weather’s nice, so stop playing games and go play outside.