までもない details
write + no need to go so far as to do
kaku made mo nai
no need to go so far as to do; not even worth doing
meaning: there's no need to go so far as to write
そんなの、いちいち言うまでもないよ。
sonna no, ichiichi iu made mo nai yo.
That's so obvious, there's no need to go so far as to mention it. casual
言うまでもなく、健康が一番大切だ。
iu made mo naku, kenkou ga ichiban taisetsu da.
Needless to say, health matters most. neutral
- formal
- past
- polite
Examples
no need to go so far as to X — the act would be so obvious, trivial, or excessive that it isn't worth doing
そんなの、いちいち言うまでもないよ。
sonna no, ichiichi iumademonai yo.
That's so obvious, there's no need to go so far as to mention it. casual
言うまでもなく、健康が一番大切だ。
iu made mo naku, kenkou ga ichiban taisetsu da.
Needless to say, health matters most. neutral
この点につきましては、改めてご説明するまでもないかと存じます。
kono ten ni tsukimashite wa, aratamete go setsumei suru made mo nai ka to zonjimasu.
I don't believe there is any need to explain this point again. formal
Formation
{V}までもないattaches to dictionary form
Variant notes
- までもなく — the adverbial linking shape, mid-sentence rather than sentence-final — 言うまでもなく、この決定は重要だ "needless to say, this decision matters."
Related patterns
Similar
ことはない waives a need the listener might feel obliged toward; までもない goes further and judges the ACT ITSELF too trivial or obvious to be worth the trouble — わざわざ言うまでもない dismisses the act as beneath mentioning, not just unnecessary.
Lookalikes
Shared もない／もいい shape, unrelated logic — なくてもいい permits skipping an act that might otherwise be required, leaving the choice genuinely open either way; までもない asserts the act was never serious enough to need doing in the first place, so there was no real choice to waive.