〜までもない (~made mo nai) — there's no need to ~ / needless to say
The matter is so small or so obvious that 'there's no need to go that far'.
Formula (सूत्र ढाँचा)
Grammar rule (व्याकरण नियम र परिभाषा)
When to use it
At work a piece of paper gives you a tiny cut on the finger. A friend panics — 'Let's go to the hospital!' — and you laugh: 「このくらいなら、病院に行くまでもないよ」— 'for something this small there's no need to go as far as the hospital.'
Meaning
「まで」means 'as far as', so the feeling of 「〜までもない」is: the matter is so light or so obvious that there is no need to go as far as doing that.
How to attach
- Attach it straight to the dictionary form of a verb: 行くまでもない・確認するまでもない.
- In the middle of a sentence it becomes 「〜までもなく」— the one you hear most is 「言うまでもなく」, 'needless to say, everyone knows'.
Versus what you know
N3「〜ことはない」(心配することはない = no need to worry) also means 'no need', but it is the language of comforting or advising someone; 「までもない」instead says 'this action itself isn't necessary, because the matter is already clear'.
Watch out
The key rule: it only goes with verbs for things you do on purpose (行く・調べる・説明する); it doesn't fit things that just happen, like 「雨が降るまでもない」.
Examples (उदाहरणहरू)
このくらいの傷なら、病院に行くまでもない。
このくらいのきずなら、びょういんにいくまでもない。
For a cut this small, there's no need to go to the hospital.
How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) このくらいの傷 = a cut this small (it's minor) → 病院に行く = to go to the hospital (dictionary form) → attach 「までもない」 = no need to go that far.
会社は駅の前にあるので、地図で調べるまでもありません。
かいしゃはえきのまえにあるので、ちずでしらべるまでもありません。
The office is right in front of the station, so there's no need to look it up on a map.
How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) 駅の前にある = it's right in front of the station (obvious) → 地図で調べる = to look it up on a map → make 「までもない」 polite: 「までもありません」 = no need to look it up.
工場では、言うまでもなく安全が第一です。
こうじょうでは、いうまでもなくあんぜんがだいいちです。
In a factory, needless to say, safety comes first.
How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) 言う = to say → 「までもなく」 (the mid-sentence form) = no need to say it, everyone knows → then the thing everyone knows: 安全が第一 = safety first.
Knowledge check (मिनी ज्ञान जाँच)
「簡単な計算だから、電卓を＿＿までもない。」— fill the blank.
💡 Hint: Which verb form comes before 「までもない」?
Dictionary form + までもない. 使うまでもない = no need to use a calculator. The other forms don't attach here.
In which sentence is 「までもない」unnatural?
💡 Hint: An action done on purpose, or something that just happens?
までもない only goes with verbs for deliberate actions. Snow falling just happens, so it doesn't fit.
Which one means 'everyone knows it, there's no need to say it'?
💡 Hint: 「も」and 「ない」make it 'no need'.
言うまでもない = no need to say it. 言うまでだ = I'll just say it, 言えばそれまでだ = once you say that, that's the end of it, 言わないまでも = even if not saying it, at least.
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