Where does “減るもんじゃない” come from?
減るもんじゃない (Japanese) comes from Middle Chinese もん, from Japanese 物, from Japanese 物言い, from Japanese 物言う — to talk.
減るもんじゃない (Japanese): it's no big deal, it's not the end of the world (if you do it)
Definitions
- it's no big deal, it's not the end of the world (if you do it)
Ancestry of “減るもんじゃない”, step by step
減るもんじゃない traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle Chinese もん
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Chinese | もん | — |
| 2 | Japanese | 物 | thing; story, genre |
| 3 | Japanese | 物言い | a way of speaking, wording |
| 4 | Japanese | 物言う | to talk |
via Japanese 減る
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 減る | To be reduced or decrease in size or quantity; to... |
via Japanese じゃない
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | じゃない | negative of だ; I'm not, you're not; it, he or she... |