Definition of 元も子もない (もともこもない)
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元も子もない
もともこもない
motomokomonai
expression
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losing everything, coming to nothing, having lost the interest and the principal
Other readings:
本も子もない【もともこもない】
Related Kanji
| 元 | beginning, former time, origin |
| 子 | child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac |
| 本 | book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things |