元も子もない

本も子もない

Reading

Kana: もともこもない
Romaji: motomokomonai
Kana
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Definition

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losing everything; coming to nothing; having lost the interest and the principal

Kanji

Readings: ゲン、 ガン、 もと
Meanings: beginning, former time, origin
Readings: シ、 ス、 ツ、 こ、 -こ、 ね
Meanings: child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Readings: ホン、 もと
Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things

Example Sentences

(もと)()もなくしてしまった。
➥I have lost both principal and interest.
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それじゃあ(もと)()もないじゃないか。
➥Then that means I lost everything.
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