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物

もの

thing, object

Mnemonic

Livestock was once the only thing anybody owned, and now it is any object at all. You count them mono もの by mono もの until you fall asleep: もの.

Built from

thing, object
牛 cow + 勿 must not

Also read もの

person

Words sharing these kanji

character, person real thing, genuine article baggage, load building, structure story, tale shopping living creature

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