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Japanese
Etymology 1
Changed from 物 (mono); became common in the Kantō dialects from the late Edo period.
Noun
もん • (mon)
- 物: thing (Alternative form of もの mono)
- 人生はそんなもんだ。
- Jinsei wa sonna mon da.
- Such is life.
- (literally, “Life is that sort of thing.”)
Particle
もん • (mon)
- Synonym of もの (mono)
Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of もん – see the following entries.
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(This term, もん (mon), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as もん, see Category:Japanese kanji read as もん.)
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