物【もの】
Frequency rank: 317. (for form もの: 58.)
- thing; object; article; stuff; substance
- one's things; possessions; property; belongingsas 〜のもの, 〜のもん
- things; something; anything; everything; nothing
- quality
- reason; the way of things
- used to emphasize emotion, judgment, etc.; used to indicate a common occurrence in the past (after a verb in past tense); used to indicate a general tendency; used to indicate something that should happenword usually written using kana aloneformal noun often used as 〜ものだ
- item classified as ...; item related to ...; work in the genre of ...word usually written using kana alone
- cause of ...; cause for ...
- somehow; somewhat; for some reasononly applies to ものsee also 物寂しい【ものさびしい】
- really; trulyonly applies to ものsee also 物珍しい【ものめずらしい】
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
noun, used as a suffix
prefix
Forms
- 物【もの】【もん】Frequency rank: 317.
- ものFrequency rank: 58.
- もんFrequency rank: 537.
Generated definitions (experimental)
- thing; object; article; stuff; substance
- one's things; possessions; property; belongings
- things; something; anything; everything; nothing
- quality
- reason; the way of things
- used to emphasize emotion, judgment, etc.; used to indicate a common occurrence in the past (after a verb in past tense); used to indicate a general tendency; used to indicate something that should happen
- item classified as ...; item related to ...; work in the genre of ...
- cause of ...; cause for ...
- somehow; somewhat; for some reason
- really; truly
This meaning refers to physical objects or items.
This meaning indicates personal belongings or possessions.
I have lost my important belongings.
This meaning is used to refer to unspecified objects or concepts, or to express the absence of objects.
This meaning is used to express the nature or characteristic of something.
This meaning denotes the cause or reason behind something, or the natural order of things.
Let's watch the way things unfold.
This usage is to emphasize emotions, judgments, or express a general tendency. It can also be used to indicate a common occurrence in the past.
In the past, I often saw that thing.
This meaning is used to classify or categorize items or works.
This meaning indicates the cause or reason for something.
This usage suggests an indirect or vague connection to something.
This meaning is used to emphasize the truth or reality of something.
Generated collocations (experimental)
もの物をかんがえる考えるto think about thingsたいせつ大切なもの物important thingsもの物がおおい多いlots of thingsもの物のかち価値the value of thingsもの物をもつ持つto possess thingsおおもの大物big shot; important personもの物のせいしつ性質the nature of thingsもの物をつくる作るto make thingsいみ意味のあるもの物meaningful thingsものごと物事をせいり整理するto organize thingsもの物にかんしゃ感謝するto be grateful for thingsもの物をあつめる集めるto collect thingsよけい余計なもの物unnecessary thingsもの物がうまれる生まれるthings come into existenceもののみかた物の見方perspective on thingsもの物をあたえる与えるto give thingsいいもの物good things
Example sentences
388 results
If you throw something like that down, if someone's unlucky enough to be hit they'll be injured.
I think that, as he's using addictive substances like thinner, the chance of rehabilitation is low.
I recommend giving it to them straight, don't waffle your way around the subject.
The recommendation from my boss made all the difference.
Shall we go with cornflakes or something light from tomorrow?
I'm a thief, I'll go back when I've taken the stuff. Report me and I'll stab you.
Car? Ah, if you mean that limousine, - I chartered it.
Incidentally, this room doesn't have anything like an air-conditioner. All it has is a fan.
The "subject" is the person or object to carry out the action in the sentence. Transformed to Japanese it would be the part that end in "wa" or "ga".
Please feel free to have anything in the fridge.
When the thing was sent into the post office, the goods were lost due to the mistake of the post office.
I heard something crashing in the kitchen in the middle of the night.