根も葉もない

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

(Tokyo) ねもはもない (Atamadaka + Atamadaka)^[1]

(Tokyo) ねもはもない [néꜜmòhàmònàì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ne̞mo̞ha̠mo̞na̠i]

Idiom edit

根(ね)も葉(は)もない • (ne mo ha mo nai)

baseless, unsubstantiated, having no evidence
根(ね)も葉(は)もない噂(うわさ)を流(なが)す
ne mo ha mo nai uwasa o nagasu
spreading baseless rumors

See also edit

根掘(ねほ)り葉掘(はほ)り (nehorihahori)

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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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