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物事

ものごと

things, everything

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Examples

  1. あるがままに物事を見るようにしなさい。

    あるがままにものごとをみるようにしなさい。

    Try to see things as they are.

  2. 彼は物事を簡単に考えすぎる。

    かれはものごとをかんたんにかんがえすぎる。

    He takes things too lightly.

  3. 物事がうまくいかないときこそ、落ち着くことが大切だ。

    ものごとがうまくいかないときこそ、おちつくことがたいせつだ。

    It's precisely when things go wrong that staying calm matters.

Common patterns

物事を考える
to think things through
物事がうまくいく
things go well
物事の順序
the proper order of things

Memory tip

物事 means matters and affairs in general, always abstract — you cannot point at a 物事. It appears mostly in reflective statements about how one sees or handles life.

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