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Definition of 生/meaning-of-元も子もない

いんでんき(indenki) 【 陰電気 】

陰電気 Kanji

  1. (n) negative (static) charge; negative electric charge; (sometimes called "negative electricity")
もと(moto) 【 元 ·本 ·素 ·基 】

元本素基 Kanji

  1. (n) origin; source

    昨日はその本を８０ページまで読んだ。
    I read the book up to page 80 yesterday.

  2. base; basis; foundation; root

    私たちは人をその人の人格を基に判断しようと考えるかもしれないが、それらは一見したところでははっきりわからないものである。
    Although we may intend to judge a person on the basis of his or her personal qualities, they are not visible at first sight.

  3. cause

    ウイスキーを１本持っています。
    I have a bottle of whiskey.

  4. ingredient; material
  5. (somebody's) side; (somebody's) location
  6. original cost (or capital, principal, etc.)
  7. (plant) root; (tree) trunk
  8. first section of a waka →Related words: 和歌
  9. (ctr) counter for blades of grass, tree trunks, etc., and for falcons (in falconry)
  10. (n) handle (chopsticks, brush, etc.); grip
こ(ko) 【 子 ·児 】

子児 Kanji

  1. (n, n-suf) child
  2. young (animal)
  3. young woman; young geisha
  4. offshoot
  5. interest →Related words: 元も子もない
  6. new shares →Related words: 子株
  7. bird egg
  8. (n-suf) (after a noun or -masu stem) -er (often of young women)
ね(ne) 【 子 】

子 Kanji

  1. (n) first sign of Chinese zodiac (The Rat, 11pm-1am, north, November)
み(mi) 【 実 ·子 】

実子 Kanji

  1. (n) fruit; nut
  2. seed
  3. (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.
  4. content; substance
せいでんき(seidenki) 【 正電気 】

正電気 Kanji

  1. (n) positive electric charge; positive (static) charge; (sometimes called "positive electricity")
き(ki) 【 生 】

生 Kanji

  1. (n, pref) pure; undiluted; raw; crude
なま(nama) 【 生 】

生 Kanji

  1. (adj-no, adj-na, n, n-pref) raw; uncooked; fresh
  2. natural; as it is; unedited; unprocessed
  3. unprotected (i.e. not wearing a condom)
  4. live (i.e. not recorded)
  5. inexperienced; unpolished; green; crude
  6. impudence; sauciness →Related words: 生意気
  7. unpasteurized beer; draft beer; draught beer →Related words: 生ビール
  8. (pref) just a little; somehow; vaguely; partially; somewhat; half-; semi-
  9. irresponsibly; half-baked
  10. (n) cash
  11. tipsiness →Related words: 生酔い
かわ(kawa) · がわ(gawa) 【 川 ·河 】

川河 Kanji

  1. (n) river; stream

    この川はあの川の３倍長い。
    This river is three times longer than that one.

  2. (suf) the .... river; (suffix used with the names of rivers)

    信濃川と阿賀野川ではどちらが長いですか。
    Which is longer, the Shinano River or the Agano River?

も(mo) 【 喪 】

喪 Kanji

  1. (n, adj-no) mourning
も(mo) 【 藻 】

藻 Kanji

  1. (n, adj-no) algae; waterweed; seaweed; duckweed
じしん(jishin) · ない(nai) · なえ(nae) 【 地震 】

地震 Kanji

  1. (n) earthquake

    地震がその地域を襲った。
    The earthquake shook the area.

ない(nai) 【 亡い 】

亡 Kanji

  1. (adj-i) dead →Related words: 無い
ない(nai) 【 無い 】

無 Kanji

  1. (adj-i) nonexistent; not being (there) →Related words: 亡い

    ２つの意見に大した差はない。
    There is not much difference between the two opinions.

  2. unpossessed; unowned; not had
  3. unique →Related words: またとない
  4. indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility
  5. (aux-adj) (after the ren'youkei form of an adjective) not ... →Related words: ない
  6. (after the -te form of a verb) to not be...; to have not ...
おもて(omote) · おも(omo) · も(mo) · もて(mote) 【 面 】

面 Kanji

  1. (n) face

    蛙の面に水。
    Like water off a duck's back.

  2. surface

    その男はトラの面をかぶっていた。
    The man wore a mask of a tiger.

  3. mask (esp. a noh or kyogen mask)
ようでんき(youdenki) 【 陽電気 】

陽電気 Kanji

  1. (n) positive electric charge; positive (static) charge; (sometimes called "positive electricity")
あかむし(akamushi) 【 赤虫 】

赤虫 Kanji

  1. (n) Halla okadai (species of eunicid worm used as fishing bait)
  2. (species of eunicid worm used as fishing bait) →Related words: 揺蚊
  3. red mite (i.e. a chigger) →Related words: 恙虫
にょぜ(nyoze) 【 如是 】

如是 Kanji

  1. (n) (Buddh) ("like this"; often the opening word of a sutra) →Related words: 如是我聞
  2. ten thusnesses (in Tendai) →Related words: 十如是
も(mo) 【 裳 】

裳 Kanji

  1. (n) ancient skirt
も(mo)
  1. (prt) also; too; words of similar weight
  2. about (emphasizing an upper limit); as much as; even
  3. (adv) more; further; other; again →Related words: もう
うぶ(ubu) 【 初 ·初心 ·産 ·生 】

初心産生 Kanji

  1. (adj-na, n, adj-no) innocent; naive; unsophisticated; inexperienced; green; wet behind the ears

    アメリカ人にはよくあることだが彼はなまの魚を好かない。
    As is often the case with Americans, he does not care for raw fish.

  2. (n-pref) birth-

    静岡産のお茶と宇治産のお茶では何が違いますか。
    Is there any difference between the tea from Shizuoka and that from Uzi?

ディーエッチ(diiecchi)
  1. (n) (designated hitter - baseball)
せい(sei) · しょう(shou) 【 生 】

生 Kanji

  1. (n) life; living
  2. (n, n-suf) I; me; myself
ない(nai) 【 内 】

内 Kanji

  1. (suf) inside; within

    収入内で生活をするようにしなさい。
    Try to live within your income.

げん(gen) 【 元 】

元 Kanji

  1. (n) (math) unknown (e.g. in an equation)
  2. (math) element (of a set)
  3. yuan (monetary unit of China)
  4. Yuan dynasty (China)
へいそくかん(heisokukan) 【 閉塞感 】

閉塞感 Kanji

  1. (n) locked up feeling; cooped up feeling; feeling of entrapment; (feeling of hopelessness); being in a bind
し(shi) 【 子 】

子 Kanji

  1. (n) child (esp. a boy)
  2. viscount →Related words: 子爵
  3. master (founder of a school of thought, esp. Confucius)
  4. philosophy (branch of Chinese literature); non-Confucian Hundred Schools of Thought writings →Related words: 諸子百家
  5. you (of one's equals)
  6. (n-suf) -er (i.e. a man who spends all his time doing...)
もと(moto) 【 元 ·旧 ·故 】

元旧故 Kanji

  1. (n, adj-no, n-adv, n-pref) former; ex-

    その起源ゆえに、カナダ英語にはアメリカ英語とイギリス英語の両方の特徴がある。
    Because of its origins, Canadian English has features of both American and British English.

とうじゅろ(toujuro) · トウジュロ(toujuro) 【 唐棕櫚 ·唐棕梠 】

唐棕櫚梠 Kanji

  1. (n) miniature Chusan palm (Trachycarpus wagnerianus); (poss. Trachycarpus fortunei)
ない(nai)
  1. (aux-adj) not (verb-negating suffix; may indicate question or invitation with rising intonation)
  2. (suf, adj-i) emphatic suffix (used after the root of an adjective) →Related words: 忙しない
いく(iku) 【 生 】

生 Kanji

  1. (pref) vital; virile; lively
ふ(fu) 【 生 】

生 Kanji

  1. (n, n-suf) area of thick growth (of trees, grass, etc.) →Related words: 芝生
なまり(namari) 【 生り ·生 】

生 Kanji

  1. (n) boiled and half-dried bonito →Related words: 生り節
す(su) 【 主 ·子 】

主子 Kanji

  1. (suf) honorific (or familiar) suffix used after a name

    その子は母親に甘えた。
    The child played the baby to his mother.

とっけつ(tokketsu) 【 突厥 】

突厥 Kanji

  1. (n) Gokturks; Sky Turks; Tujue; (powerful Turkic confederation from medieval Inner Asia)
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