〜ものがある: meaning and usage

How to form it

• verb (dictionary form)/verb (nai-form)+ものがある
• い-adjective+ものがある
• な-adjective (stem)+な+ものがある

How it is used

Says the speaker strongly senses a quality in something: 'there is something A about it', usually with evaluative or emotional words, as in 「胸に迫るものがある」. Somewhat formal. Unlike 「〜ものだ」 (general truths), it is about one particular thing.

Examples

1. 言葉が理解できない国に住むのは辛いものがある。

   Living in a country where you don't understand the language is a difficult thing.

2. この子の絵には、人の心を動かすものがある。

   There's something about this child's pictures that moves people.

3. この曲には、どこか寂しいものがある。

   There's something lonely about this piece of music.