ものする

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Japanese

Alternative spelling
物する

Etymology

もの (mono, “thing”) + する (suru, “to do”)

Pronunciation

Verb

ものする • (monosuru) suru (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 …に (… 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

Conjugation of "ものする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") ものし ものし mono shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") ものし ものし mono shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") ものする ものする mono suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") ものする ものする mono suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") ものすれ ものすれ mono sure
Meireikei ("imperative") ものせよ¹
ものしろ² 		ものせよ¹
ものしろ² 		mono seyo¹
mono shiro²
Key constructions
Passive ものされる ものされる mono sareru
Causative ものさせる
ものさす 		ものさせる
ものさす 		mono saseru
mono sasu
Potential ものできる ものできる mono dekiru
Volitional ものしよう ものしよう mono shiyō
Negative ものしない ものしない mono shinai
Negative continuative ものせず ものせず mono sezu
Formal ものします ものします mono shimasu
Perfective ものした ものした mono shita
Conjunctive ものして ものして mono shite
Hypothetical conditional ものすれば ものすれば mono sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

Classical conjugation of "ものす" (サ行変格活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) ものせ monose
Continuative (連用形) ものし monosi
Terminal (終止形) ものす monosu
Attributive (連体形) ものする monosuru
Realis (已然形) ものすれ monosure
Imperative (命令形) ものせよ monoseyo
Key constructions
Negative ものせず monosezu
Contrasting conjunction ものすれど monosuredo
Causal conjunction ものすれば monosureba
Conditional conjunction ものせば monoseba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) ものしき monosiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) ものしけり monosikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) ものしつ monositu
Perfect tense (natural event) ものしぬ monosinu
Perfect-continuative tense ものせり
ものしたり		 monoseri
monositari
Volitional ものせむ monosemu

References

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