"言わずもがな" meaning in Japanese

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Phrase

Forms: 言わずもがな [canonical] (ruby: ()), iwazumogana [romanization]
Etymology: Consisting of 言わず (“not saying”) + も (“even if”) + がな (“particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish”) Etymology templates: {{com|ja|言わず|も|がな|t1=not saying|t2=even if|t3=particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish}} 言わず (“not saying”) + も (“even if”) + がな (“particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish”) Head templates: {{ja-pos|idiom|いわずもがな}} 言(い)わずもがな • (iwazumogana)
  1. not even saying would be preferable (because not expressing it at all would be better) Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-言わずもがな-ja-phrase-Svgg2WqN
  2. needless to say, not to mention, obvious (because it is already known) Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: 言うまでも無い
    Sense id: en-言わずもがな-ja-phrase-CblOOQYF Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 3 97 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 4 96 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 10 90 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 3 97 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 96 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 98
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          "english": "saying unnecessary things (that would be better if left unsaid)",
          "roman": "iwazumogana no koto o iu",
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          "english": "Even the adults were panicking, not to mention the children.",
          "roman": "Kodomo wa iwazumogana, otona made sawagidashita.",
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          "word": "言うまでも無い"
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