もがな Meanings Particle particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.) Words containing もがな 言わずもがな (いわずもがな) (it) goes without saying あらずもがな uncalled for やらずもがな needn't be done And 1 more. Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists