Meaning of きもいり/meaning-of-元も子もない in Japanese
Definition of きもいり/meaning-of-元も子もない
- (n) negative (static) charge; negative electric charge; (sometimes called "negative electricity")
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(v5r, vt) to reel; to wind; to spin (thread)
それがいつだったか日を繰って確かめた。
I counted the days to see when it had happened. - to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to leaf through (a book); to consult (a dictionary); to refer to (an encyclopedia)
- to count (e.g. the days)
- to open one-by-one; to close one-by-one (e.g. shutters)
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(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) first sign of Chinese zodiac (The Rat, 11pm-1am, north, November)
- (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) dead
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(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 ...
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(vk, vi, aux-v) to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to arrive
１０時までに来ます。
I'll come by 10. -
to come back; to do ... and come back
私の父は私に、ぜひそこを見てくるようにといった。
My father insisted that I should go to see the place. - to come to be; to become; to get; to grow; to continue
- (vk, vi) to come from; to be caused by; to derive from
- to come to (i.e. "when it comes to spinach ...")
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(v1, vi) to be (of animate objects); to exist
民主主義に対する信頼をなくした者もいる。
Some have lost faith in democracy. -
to stay
おかげで元気にしております。
They're all fine, thank you. -
(v1, aux-v) (after the -te form of a verb) verb indicating continuing action or state (i.e. to be ..ing, to have been ..ing)
すっかり食べ終わってはいない。
I haven't quite finished eating.
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(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) rickets
- someone suffering from rickets
- (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) ancient skirt
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(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.
- (n) locked up feeling; cooped up feeling; feeling of entrapment; (feeling of hopelessness); being in a bind
- (v5r) to set beyond the Western horizon (i.e. the sun)
- (n) pivot hinge (using extensions on the top & bottom of a door that fit into cavities in the frame)
- sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut)
- (n) miniature Chusan palm (Trachycarpus wagnerianus); (poss. Trachycarpus fortunei)
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(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.
- (n) Gokturks; Sky Turks; Tujue; (powerful Turkic confederation from medieval Inner Asia)
