Is there a phrase in Japanese that means "anything under the sun"?


The English idiom "anything under the sun" means, anything at all. For
example:

> We sat and talked about anything under the sun.

Is there a Japanese phrase with the same nuance as that? The sentence:

> 私たちは座って色々な事について話しました。

doesn't seem to "catch" the nuance.




According to my E-J dictionaries...

> under the sun ｟略式｠(1) この世で[の]、天が下に[の]. **(2) [everything under the sun]
> ありとあらゆること.** (3) [nothing under the sun] 全く何も…ない. [4]｟まれ｠[通例 What...? 構文で]
> いったいぜんたい.  
>  (Taishukan's Genius English-Japanese Dictionary)

> under the sun ① この世の[で] There is nothing new under the sun.
> 日の下に新しきものなし[←Bible _Eccl_ 1:9] **② すべての、いろいろな I tried everything under the
> sun. ありとあらゆることをすべて試した**  
>  (Obunsha's Lexis English-Japanese Dictionary)

"Anything under the sun" in your sentence is used in the sense of #2 in both
dictionaries, so I think it can be translated as:

> 私たちは座って、ありとあらゆることについて話しました。  
>  私たちは座って、ありとあらゆるすべてのことについて話しました。




**森羅｛しんら｝万象｛ばんしょう｝**

森羅｛しんら｝万象｛ばんしょう｝ means _all things in nature_.

> 森羅万象とは天地間に存在するありとあらゆる事象のこと。  
>  Translation: 森羅万象 literally means _every phenomenon or thing existing
> between the sky (/the heavens) and the ground (/the earth)_.

I'm sorry to say that 森羅万象 is solemn, but is not so friendly.

Similar to 森羅万象, there is another expression **天地｛てんち｝万物｛ばんぶつ｝** that means
_the whole creation_ or _everything in heaven and earth_.

**天地万物** consists of **天** _heaven_ , **地** _earth_ and **万物** _everything_ (
**万** _ten thousands_ / _a lot of_ and **物** _thing_ ).

天地万物 is not so solemn as 森羅万象, but is also not so friendly.

There are some adverbs similar to the expression anything " _under the sun_ ":

  * 満｛まん｝天下｛てんか｝に： _under the sky_
  * お天道｛てんとう｝様｛さま｝の下｛もと／した｝で： _with the sun / under the sun_

