Japanese edit

Alternative spelling
物する

Etymology edit

もの (mono, thing) + する (suru, to do)

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

ものする (monosurusuru (stem ものし (monoshi), past ものした (monoshita))

  1. (literary, euphemistic) Euphemistically expresses an action, especially the basic ones of the human body. Used frequently in the kana literature of the Heian period.
    1. (intransitive) to be; to exist; to be born; to die; to go; to come; etc.
    2. (intransitive, Edo period jargon) to have sex
    3. (intransitive) Used as a subsidiary verb, usually after (… ni): to be
    4. (transitive) to say; to write; to eat; to give; etc.
    5. (transitive, Edo period jargon) to embezzle; to steal
    6. (transitive) to write; to compose; to finish (a poem, a piece of writing, etc.)

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References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN