もん
Meanings
Noun
1. thing; object; article; stuff; substance
2. one's things; possessions; property; belongings
as 〜のもの, 〜のもん
3. things; something; anything; everything; nothing
4. quality
5. reason; the way of things
6. 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
formal noun often used as 〜ものだ
Suffix
Usually written in kana
7. item classified as ...; item related to ...; work in the genre of ...
8. cause of ...; cause for ...
Pitch accent
Top 600
Used in vocabulary (16 in total)
if I (we, etc.) could
genuine article; real thing; real deal
bargain; find; unbelievable good luck; unexpected good fortune
Examples (131 in total)
Where are your things?
This is my father's.
Don't throw anything away.
Was there such a thing?
Love is an important thing.
I like old things.
Don't throw things at me.
There was nothing to lose.
Time is relative.
Show me what you bought.
I was searching for something that didn't exist.
Do you have anything to eat?
I have something I want to give you.
What's this key for?
There's nothing that can't be bought with money.
You can find the same thing anywhere.
This is a very rare specimen.
A cat can see in the dark.
I succeeded in getting what I wanted.
Everything has its limit.
Read whatever you like.
Let's go and see as many things as we can.
The earthquake destroyed everything.
That furniture is my mother's.
Nothing is as precious as love.
What are you into these days?
I'll show you something.
Department stores sell numerous things.
I found something interesting in the town.
Jeans go with everything.
Which bag is yours?
I get most things at the stores.
Brian left his belongings behind.
This is what I wanted.
Nothing is more important than time.
The new car is hers.
He lost everything he owned.
The shop sells a variety of goods.
All knowledge is not good.
Do you want what's in this box?
We saw a strange object in the sky.
This house and this land are mine.
Please show me another one.
You should not lose anything borrowed.
Do you have any smaller sizes?
You may take anything you like.
This is not what I ordered.
I don't usually buy things online.
Nothing is so precious as time.
His illness was mainly psychological.
Salt is necessary for cooking.
Nothing is better than health.
What I need is a beer.
Gravity pulls things toward the center of the earth.
Should I bring something to read?
The song descended from a legend.
One can classify books into good ones and bad ones.
I'd like to put some things in the hotel safe.
This is what I bought in Spain.
We can see distant objects with a telescope.
Human beings are created to create things.
Smoking is a danger to your health.
The angry crowd threw missiles at the police.
You must not speak with your mouth full.
This microscope magnifies objects by 100 times.
Something strange caught my eye.
Karen bought a lot of things at the flea market.
This heirloom shall be yours.
The government of the Inca Empire controlled everything.
She buys what she wants regardless of the cost.
Do not talk with your mouth full.
Where did you find that strange thing?
I don't have enough money to buy everything I want to buy.
The sun illuminates everything with its light.
Everything that has meaning can be called language.
Even the richest man cannot buy everything.
This is just what I have been looking for so long.
There is nothing left to buy at that store.
The pencil I lost yesterday was an old one.
Modern technology gives us many things.
Mary has a bad back. It's hard for her to lift things.
Everything about him was grey.
She has a lively interest in everything around us.
Can you describe the object?
He is now setting things in order in his room.
Gravity acts on everything in the universe.
She tried to get whatever she wanted.
He regards so-called compulsory education as useless.
The word processor on the desk is my father's.
Even with his glasses, he doesn't see very well.
The store is having a sale on summer goods.
Don't waste your money by buying things you don't need.
I prefer reading to writing.
I'd bring my own food if I were you.
Is it used to keep things cold?
I've said it before and I'm saying it again: don't touch my things!
The shop assistant went out of his way to find what we needed.
We think little of him as a scholar.
There's nothing I like as much as the smell of roses.
When you feel tired, there is nothing like having a bath.
I will help you in selecting the best from these clothes.
Some satellites have exploded or collided.
Every day we use many things which Edison invented.
Car? Ah, if you mean that limousine, - I chartered it.
He is always generous to poor people.
Tom has some food allergies, so he has to be careful about what he eats.
He spoke of the people and the things that he had seen during his trip.
Father often tells me to keep things clean.
Whenever my uncle comes, he brings some nice things for us.
Please feel free to eat anything in the fridge.
Color is the most sacred element of all visible things.
It's bad manners to eat on trains and buses in Japan.
I think it necessary for children to have something to play with.
Jack's adventures are more amazing than those of the hero in many thrillers.
Nothing is easier than finding fault with others.
Why don't you buy it and try it? It's not that expensive.
That's too small a box to hold all these things.
Tom will go to the supermarket for you and buy whatever you need.
This racket of Jane's is a little heavier than the one which I bought yesterday.
People, goods and money are all free to move across national borders in the region.
Nothing gives us so much pleasure as making things ourselves.
Don't touch the exhibits.
The third star belonged to a certain king.
Ripe papaya smells like vomit.
This book's over a hundred years old.
A 5% consumption tax is levied on purchases of most goods and services.
Milk can be made into butter, cheese, and many other things.
Ants can lift things that are more than 50 times their own weight.
I need another three hundred dollars to buy what I want.
On the tray are five objects - three of them are keys.
Some new kinds of rice can be harvested two or three times a year.