JLPT N5 vocabulary

物meaning and reading

Reading and pitch accent

もの2Odaka · falls afteralso 0

Meaning

  1. thing, object, article, stuff, substance
  2. one's things, possessions, property, belongings
  3. things, something, anything, everything, nothing
  4. quality
  5. reason, the way things are
  6. used to emphasize emotion or judgment, used to indicate a common occurrence in the past (after a verb in the past tense), used to indicate a general tendency, used to indicate something that should happen
  7. (noun suffix) an item classified as ..., an item related to ..., a work in the genre of ...
  8. (noun suffix) a cause of ..., a reason for ...
  9. (prefix) somehow, somewhat, for some reason
  10. (prefix) really, truly

Example sentences

  1. 冬ふゆは洗濯せんたく物ものが少しすこも乾かかわないなあ。

    The laundry doesn't dry at all in the winter.

  2. 私わたしの生活せいかつは家族かぞくあっての物ものでした。

    My life was only possible thanks to my family.

  3. 会議かいぎには全員ぜんいんが参加さんかするものとする。

    All members shall attend the meeting.