Word Meaning 言うまでもない

いうまでもない iumademonai

言うまでもない is read as いうまでもない (iumademonai) and means goes without saying.

Meaning

English

  1. goes without saying
  2. needless to say
  3. obvious

Reading

Kana

いうまでもない

Romaji

iumademonai

Writing Variants

  • 言うまでもない ゆうまでもない yuumademonai
  • 言うまでも無い いうまでもない iumademonai
  • 言うまでも無い ゆうまでもない yuumademonai
  • 言う迄もない いうまでもない iumademonai
  • 言う迄もない ゆうまでもない yuumademonai
  • 言う迄も無い いうまでもない iumade mo nai
  • 言う迄も無い ゆうまでもない yuumade mo nai

Stroke Sequence

7 Characters • 24 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Proverb Rank 6334 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

言葉遣い

ことばづかい

speech

言い争い

いいあらそい

a quarrel

言語

げんご

language

言う

いう

to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping")

言質

げんち

commitment

げん

word

言わば

いわば

so to speak

言い方

いいかた

way of saying (something)

言動

げんどう

speech and conduct

言いなり

いいなり

doing as one is told

言い出す

いいだす

to be the first to say

Example Sentences

10

It goes without saying that health is above wealth.

Needless to say, he never came again.

It goes without saying that health is most important.

It goes without saying, but the search ended in vain.

It goes without saying that nothing is more important than health.

It goes without saying that camels are very useful in the Middle East.

It goes without saying that it was supremely difficult to carry out this mission.

Needless to say, Judy came late as usual.

I can't read French, let alone speak it.

Needless to say, Norway has become the world's second largest oil supplier.