"元も子もない" meaning in Japanese

{
  "etymology_text": "Literally \"to have neither principal (元金) nor interest (利子).\".",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "元も子もない",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "元",
          "もと"
        ],
        [
          "子",
          "こ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moto mo ko mo nai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "元も子もなく",
      "roman": "moto mo ko mo naku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "元",
          "もと"
        ],
        [
          "子",
          "こ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "元も子もなかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もともこもなかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moto mo ko mo nakaro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "元も子もなく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もともこもなく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moto mo ko mo naku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "元も子もない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もともこもない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moto mo ko mo nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "元も子もない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もともこもない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moto mo ko mo nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "元も子もなけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もともこもなけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moto mo ko mo nakere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "元も子もなかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もともこもなかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moto mo ko mo nakare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "元も子もなくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もともこもなくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moto mo ko mo naku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "元も子もなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もともこもなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moto mo ko mo nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "元も子もなくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もともこもなくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moto mo ko mo naku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "元も子もないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もともこもないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moto mo ko mo nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "元も子もなくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もともこもなくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moto mo ko mo naku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "元も子もなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もともこもなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moto mo ko mo nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "元も子もなくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もともこもなくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moto mo ko mo naku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "元も子もなくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もともこもなくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moto mo ko mo nakute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "元も子もなければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もともこもなければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moto mo ko mo nakereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "元も子もなかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もともこもなかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moto mo ko mo nakattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "元も子もなかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もともこもなかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moto mo ko mo nakarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "元も子もなく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もともこもなく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moto mo ko mo naku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "元も子もなさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もともこもなさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moto mo ko mo nasa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "もと も こ も ない",
        "infl": "i"
      },
      "expansion": "元(もと)も子(こ)もない • (moto mo ko mo nai) -i (adverbial 元(もと)も子(こ)もなく (moto mo ko mo naku))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "adverbial": "く",
        "attributive": "い",
        "conditional": "ければ",
        "conjunctive": "くて",
        "continuative": "く",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": "い です",
        "formal_negative": "く ない です",
        "formal_negative_past": "く なかった です",
        "formal_past": "かった です",
        "hypothetical": "けれ",
        "imperative": "かれ",
        "imperfective": "かろ",
        "informal_negative": "く ない",
        "informal_negative_past": "く なかった",
        "informal_past": "かった",
        "kana": "もと も こ も な",
        "lemma": "元も子もな",
        "provisional": "かったら",
        "terminal": "い",
        "volitional": "かろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [
            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "causing further loss when already failing to bring any benefit; backfiring"
      ],
      "id": "en-元も子もない-ja-adj-0RlYiaZW",
      "links": [
        [
          "further",
          "further"
        ],
        [
          "loss",
          "loss"
        ],
        [
          "benefit",
          "benefit"
        ],
        [
          "backfiring",
          "backfire"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[mo̞to̞ mo̞ ko̞ mo̞ na̠i]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "元も子もない"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "Literally \"to have neither principal (元金) nor interest (利子).\".",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "元も子もない",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "元",
          "もと"
        ],
        [
          "子",
          "こ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moto mo ko mo nai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "元も子もなく",
      "roman": "moto mo ko mo naku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "元",
          "もと"
        ],
        [
          "子",
          "こ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "元も子もなかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もともこもなかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moto mo ko mo nakaro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "元も子もなく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もともこもなく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moto mo ko mo naku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "元も子もない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もともこもない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moto mo ko mo nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "元も子もない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もともこもない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moto mo ko mo nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "元も子もなけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もともこもなけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moto mo ko mo nakere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "元も子もなかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もともこもなかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moto mo ko mo nakare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "元も子もなくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もともこもなくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moto mo ko mo naku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "元も子もなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もともこもなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moto mo ko mo nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "元も子もなくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もともこもなくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moto mo ko mo naku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "元も子もないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もともこもないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moto mo ko mo nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "元も子もなくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もともこもなくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moto mo ko mo naku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "元も子もなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もともこもなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moto mo ko mo nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "元も子もなくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もともこもなくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moto mo ko mo naku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "元も子もなくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もともこもなくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moto mo ko mo nakute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "元も子もなければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もともこもなければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moto mo ko mo nakereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "元も子もなかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もともこもなかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moto mo ko mo nakattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "元も子もなかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もともこもなかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moto mo ko mo nakarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "元も子もなく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もともこもなく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moto mo ko mo naku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "元も子もなさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "もともこもなさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moto mo ko mo nasa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "もと も こ も ない",
        "infl": "i"
      },
      "expansion": "元(もと)も子(こ)もない • (moto mo ko mo nai) -i (adverbial 元(もと)も子(こ)もなく (moto mo ko mo naku))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "adverbial": "く",
        "attributive": "い",
        "conditional": "ければ",
        "conjunctive": "くて",
        "continuative": "く",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": "い です",
        "formal_negative": "く ない です",
        "formal_negative_past": "く なかった です",
        "formal_past": "かった です",
        "hypothetical": "けれ",
        "imperative": "かれ",
        "imperfective": "かろ",
        "informal_negative": "く ない",
        "informal_negative_past": "く なかった",
        "informal_past": "かった",
        "kana": "もと も こ も な",
        "lemma": "元も子もな",
        "provisional": "かったら",
        "terminal": "い",
        "volitional": "かろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese adjectives",
        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with manual fragments",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms written with two Han script characters",
        "Japanese い-i adjectives"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "causing further loss when already failing to bring any benefit; backfiring"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "further",
          "further"
        ],
        [
          "loss",
          "loss"
        ],
        [
          "benefit",
          "benefit"
        ],
        [
          "backfiring",
          "backfire"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[mo̞to̞ mo̞ ko̞ mo̞ na̠i]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "元も子もない"
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "元も子もない"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "元も子もない",
  "trace": ""
}