Noun (futsuumeishi) thing, object, article, stuff, substance as 〜のもの, 〜のもん one's things, possessions, property, belongings things, something, anything, everything, nothing quality reason, the way of things Usually written using kana alone formal noun often used as 〜ものだ 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 Noun, used as a suffix item classified as ..., item related to ..., work in the genre of ... cause of ..., cause for ... Meaning restricted to もの Prefix See also: 物寂しい・ものさびしい somehow, somewhat, for some reason Meaning restricted to もの See also: 物珍しい・ものめずらしい really, truly