根も葉もない
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Japanese
[edit]| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 根 | 葉 |
| ね Grade: 3 |
は Grade: 3 |
| kun’yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 根も葉も無い |
Etymology
[edit]Compound of 根 + も + 葉 + も + ない, literally "having neither roots nor leaves"
Pronunciation
[edit]Idiom
[edit]根も葉もない • (ne mo ha mo nai)
- baseless, unsubstantiated, having no evidence
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 根 read as ね
- Japanese terms spelled with 葉 read as は
- Japanese terms read with kun'yomi
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese idioms
- Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji
- Japanese terms written with two Han script characters
- Japanese terms with usage examples