Definition of 言わずもがなのこと
- (n) koto (13-stringed Japanese zither)
- stringed instrument
- zheng (Chinese zither); guzheng
-
(n) ancient city; former capital
この古都に何か新しいものがあることは、だれでも知っている。
Everyone knows that there is something new in this old capital.
- (n) thing; matter
- incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis
- circumstances; situation; state of affairs
- work; business; affair
- after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to
- (n-suf) nominalizing suffix
- pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...
- (prt) indicates possessive
- nominalizes verbs and adjectives
- substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases
- (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion
- (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis
- (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
-
(n) word; remark; statement
彼の言に従って行動するのはりこうではない。
It is not wise to go by his word.
-
(exp) (it) goes without saying; needn't be said
そんなことは言わずもがなだ。
That goes without saying. - should rather be left unsaid
- (prt) possessive particle
- (prt) particle indicating a command
- particle indicating mild enthusiasm
- particle indicating a gentle interrogative
- particle used to soften a judgment or conclusion
- (n) shaft (of an arrow)
- arrow bamboo (Pseudosasa japonica)