元も子もない | Japanese meaning

ももない【もともこもない】

expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)

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

Other forms

expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)

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

Other forms

N42

意beginning; former time; origin

訓もと

音ゲン、ガン

名ちか、はじめ、はる、ゆき、よし

N51

意child; sign of the rat; 11PM-1AM; first sign of Chinese zodiac

訓こ、-こ、ね

音シ、ス、ツ

名い、き、ぎ、く、け、ねっ

N51

意book; present; main; origin; true; real; counter for long cylindrical things

訓もと

音ホン

名まと、ごう