物心

ものごころ

Meanings

1. Noun awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion

Kanji

• 物 thing. Read as もの.
• 心 heart. Read as こころ.

Example sentences

• 僕は母のことを知らない。物心がつく前に、母が家を出て行ったからだ。
  I don't know anything about my mother. Before I was old enough to remember, she left our home.
• 物心ついた時には父と祖母と3人暮らしでした。
  When I became aware of my surroundings, I was living with my father and grandmother.

Common phrases

• 物心が付く (ものごころがつく) to become old enough to understand what's going on around oneself (of a child, etc.)

Words containing 物心

• 物心ついて以来 (ものごころついていらい) for as long as one can remember
• 物心が付く (ものごころがつく) to become old enough to understand what's going on around oneself (of a child, etc.)

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