"言うまでも無い" meaning in Japanese

{
  "etymology_text": "Phrase consisting of 言う (iu, “to say”) + まで (made, “until, as much as”) + も (mo, “also, even”) + 無い (nai, “not, isn't”). Literally, “not even as much as talking about”.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "言うまでも無い",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "言",
          "い"
        ],
        [
          "無",
          "な"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iu made mo nai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ifumademonai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "言うまでも無く",
      "roman": "iu made mo naku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "言",
          "い"
        ],
        [
          "無",
          "な"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "言うまでも無かろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いうまでもなかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iu made mo nakaro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "言うまでも無く",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いうまでもなく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iu made mo naku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "言うまでも無い",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いうまでもない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iu made mo nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "言うまでも無い",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いうまでもない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iu made mo nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "言うまでも無けれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いうまでもなけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iu made mo nakere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "言うまでも無かれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いうまでもなかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iu made mo nakare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "言うまでも無くない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いうまでもなくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iu made mo naku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "言うまでも無かった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いうまでもなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iu made mo nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "言うまでも無くなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いうまでもなくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iu made mo naku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "言うまでも無いです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いうまでもないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iu made mo nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "言うまでも無くないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いうまでもなくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iu made mo naku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "言うまでも無かったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いうまでもなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iu made mo nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "言うまでも無くなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いうまでもなくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iu made mo naku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "言うまでも無くて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いうまでもなくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iu made mo nakute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "言うまでも無ければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いうまでもなければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iu made mo nakereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "言うまでも無かったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いうまでもなかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iu made mo nakattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "言うまでも無かろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いうまでもなかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iu made mo nakarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "言うまでも無く",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いうまでもなく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iu made mo naku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "言うまでも無さ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いうまでもなさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iu made mo nasa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "いう まで も ない",
        "hhira": "いふまでもない",
        "infl": "i"
      },
      "expansion": "言(い)うまでも無(な)い • (iu made mo nai) ^(←いふまでもない (ifumademonai)?)-i (adverbial 言(い)うまでも無(な)く (iu made 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": "いう まで も な",
        "lemma": "言うまでも無",
        "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 alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "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": [
        "needless to say, goes without saying"
      ],
      "id": "en-言うまでも無い-ja-adj-RgVfpSID",
      "links": [
        [
          "needless to say",
          "needless to say"
        ],
        [
          "goes without saying",
          "goes without saying"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) needless to say, goes without saying"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "言わずもがな"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[iɯ̟ᵝ ma̠de̞ mo̞ na̠i]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "言うまでも無い"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "Phrase consisting of 言う (iu, “to say”) + まで (made, “until, as much as”) + も (mo, “also, even”) + 無い (nai, “not, isn't”). Literally, “not even as much as talking about”.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "言うまでも無い",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "言",
          "い"
        ],
        [
          "無",
          "な"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iu made mo nai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ifumademonai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "言うまでも無く",
      "roman": "iu made mo naku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "言",
          "い"
        ],
        [
          "無",
          "な"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "言うまでも無かろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いうまでもなかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iu made mo nakaro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "言うまでも無く",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いうまでもなく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iu made mo naku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "言うまでも無い",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いうまでもない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iu made mo nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "言うまでも無い",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いうまでもない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iu made mo nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "言うまでも無けれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いうまでもなけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iu made mo nakere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "言うまでも無かれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いうまでもなかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iu made mo nakare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "言うまでも無くない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いうまでもなくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iu made mo naku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "言うまでも無かった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いうまでもなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iu made mo nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "言うまでも無くなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いうまでもなくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iu made mo naku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "言うまでも無いです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いうまでもないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iu made mo nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "言うまでも無くないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いうまでもなくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iu made mo naku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "言うまでも無かったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いうまでもなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iu made mo nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "言うまでも無くなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いうまでもなくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iu made mo naku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "言うまでも無くて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いうまでもなくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iu made mo nakute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "言うまでも無ければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いうまでもなければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iu made mo nakereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "言うまでも無かったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いうまでもなかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iu made mo nakattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "言うまでも無かろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いうまでもなかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iu made mo nakarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "言うまでも無く",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いうまでもなく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iu made mo naku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "言うまでも無さ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いうまでもなさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iu made mo nasa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "いう まで も ない",
        "hhira": "いふまでもない",
        "infl": "i"
      },
      "expansion": "言(い)うまでも無(な)い • (iu made mo nai) ^(←いふまでもない (ifumademonai)?)-i (adverbial 言(い)うまでも無(な)く (iu made 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": "いう まで も な",
        "lemma": "言うまでも無",
        "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 idioms",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with manual fragments",
        "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese terms spelled with fourth 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": [
        "needless to say, goes without saying"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "needless to say",
          "needless to say"
        ],
        [
          "goes without saying",
          "goes without saying"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) needless to say, goes without saying"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "言わずもがな"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[iɯ̟ᵝ ma̠de̞ mo̞ na̠i]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "言うまでも無い"
}

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