物する

Japanese

Kanji in this term
物
もの Grade: 3
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 物する – see the following entry.

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

(This term, 物する, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)