までもない · i-adjective
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | までもない | までもなくない |
| Polite | までもないです | までもなくないですalso までもなくありません |
| Past polite | までもなかったです | までもなくなかったですalso までもなくありませんでした |
| Past | までもなかった | までもなくなかった |
| Te-form | までもなくて | までもなくなくて |
| Adverbial | までもなく | |
| Conditional | までもなければ | までもなくなければ |
| Tara conditional | までもなかったら | までもなくなかったら |
there is no need to ...; it is hardly necessary to ...
Used after a verb to indicate that something is so obvious or trivial that it does not require the action. Often implies the action is unnecessary or not worth doing.
There's no need to explain it in detail.
言うまでもなく、健康は大切だ。
Needless to say, health is important.
言うまでもない is a fixed phrase meaning 'needless to say', essentially a specific, lexicalized instance of the broader までもない pattern.
Derived from the particle まで ('until, even') combined with も ('also') and the negative of ある ('to be'), literally 'it is not even the case that...'. The phrase grammaticalized into a set expression meaning 'there is no need to...'.