Definition of /meaning-of-元も子もない
- (n) negative (static) charge; negative electric charge; (sometimes called "negative electricity")
- (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. - 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. - cause
ウイスキーを1本持っています。
I have a bottle of whiskey. - ingredient; material
- (somebody's) side; (somebody's) location
- original cost (or capital, principal, etc.)
- (plant) root; (tree) trunk
- first section of a waka
- (ctr) counter for blades of grass, tree trunks, etc., and for falcons (in falconry)
- (n) handle (chopsticks, brush, etc.); grip
- (n) fruit; nut
- seed
- (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.
- content; substance
- (n) positive electric charge; positive (static) charge; (sometimes called "positive electricity")
- (adj-i) nonexistent; not being (there)
2つの意見に大した差はない。
There is not much difference between the two opinions. - unpossessed; unowned; not had
- unique
- indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility
- (aux-adj) (after the ren'youkei form of an adjective) not ...
- (after the -te form of a verb) to not be...; to have not ...
- (n) face
蛙の面に水。
Like water off a duck's back. - surface
その男はトラの面をかぶっていた。
The man wore a mask of a tiger. - mask (esp. a noh or kyogen mask)
- (n) positive electric charge; positive (static) charge; (sometimes called "positive electricity")
- (n) Halla okadai (species of eunicid worm used as fishing bait)
- (species of eunicid worm used as fishing bait)
- red mite (i.e. a chigger)
- (n) locked up feeling; cooped up feeling; feeling of entrapment; (feeling of hopelessness); being in a bind
- (n) miniature Chusan palm (Trachycarpus wagnerianus); (poss. Trachycarpus fortunei)
- (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.