事じ実じつ無む根こん

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Meanings

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

groundless; entirely contrary to fact

yojijukugo (four-character idiom)

A yojijukugo used to strongly deny the factual basis of a claim, rumor, or accusation. Often appears in formal denials or news reports.

その報ほう道どうは事じ実じつ無む根こんであると会かい社しゃは主しゅ張ちょうした。
The company insisted that the report was entirely groundless.
事じ実じつ無む根こんの噂うわさに惑まどわされないでください。
Please don't be misled by baseless rumors.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉は事じ実じつ無む根こんだto state that something is groundless/untrue
その報ほう道どうは事じ実じつ無む根こんだ。
That news report is entirely groundless.
事じ実じつ無む根こんと主しゅ張ちょうするto claim/argue that something is groundless
会かい社しゃはその疑ぎ惑わくについて事じ実じつ無む根こんだと主しゅ張ちょうした。
The company argued that the allegations were entirely without basis.
事じ実じつ無む根こんの〈事こと〉a baseless (rumor, allegation, etc.)
事じ実じつ無む根こんの疑ぎ惑わくをかけられて困こまっている。
I'm in trouble because of a baseless accusation against me.
〈事こと〉を事じ実じつ無む根こんとして否ひ定ていするto deny something as being without basis in fact
首しゅ相しょうはその発はつ言げんを事じ実じつ無む根こんとして否ひ定ていした。
The prime minister denied the statement as being entirely groundless.

Kanji

事matter, thing, fact
実reality, truth, seed
無nothingness, none, ain't
根root, radical, head (pimple)

Related words

根ねも葉はもないN1
根も葉もない is a colloquial idiom for 'groundless', while 事実無根 is the formal, often legal or journalistic term for the same idea.
虚きょ偽ぎ
虚偽 focuses on the falsehood or lie itself, while 事実無根 emphasizes that a claim has no factual basis at all.

Don't confuse with

事じ実じつN3
事実 simply means 'fact', whereas 事実無根 means the opposite — that something has no basis in fact — so learners should not mistake the two for synonyms.

Built from

事じ実じつ+無む根こん

Etymology

A yojijukugo composed of 事実 (fact) and 無根 (rootless, groundless). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but it follows a common pattern of combining two two-character compounds to form a four-character idiomatic phrase.