～もかまわず— Paying It No Heed

• 彼は人目もかまわず大声で泣き出した。

  Kare wa hitome mo kamawazu oogoe de nakidashita.

  Paying no heed to others' eyes, he burst out crying loudly.

  人目もかまわず shows he ignored the gazes of people around him.

• 雨に濡れるのもかまわず、子供たちは外で遊んでいた。

  Ame ni nureru no mo kamawazu, kodomotachi wa soto de asonde ita.

  Not caring that they were getting soaked, the children played outside.

  濡れるの nominalizes the clause, and もかまわず marks it as ignored.

• 彼女は服が汚れるのもかまわず、地面に座り込んだ。

  Kanojo wa fuku ga yogoreru no mo kamawazu, jimen ni suwarikonda.

  Regardless of her clothes getting dirty, she plopped down on the ground.

  汚れるのもかまわず expresses disregard for the clothes getting dirty.

• ・After a verb/full clause, add の before もかまわず.
• ・Nuance: ignoring something one would ordinarily be concerned about.
• ・Register: written and formal spoken; slightly literary.

Commonly confused with

The JLPT rarely asks whether you recognise a pattern — it asks which of several similar patterns fits. These are the ones ～もかまわず is tested against.

• ～気味 — A Touch Of, -ish
• ～げ — A Look of…
• ～ずじまい — Never Got Around To It
• ～というものだ — That's Truly What It Is
• ～どおり(に) — Just As
• ～として／としては — In the Capacity Of
• ながらに／ながらの — Just As It Is / While Remaining
• にかかわる — To Concern / A Matter Of