ものする

Japanese

Alternative spelling 物する

Etymology

もの (mono, thing) + する (suru, to do)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) のす [mònósúꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • (Tokyo) する [mònóꜜsùrù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [mo̞no̞sɨᵝɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

ものする (suru conjugation, rōmaji monosuru)

  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.)

Conjugation

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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