"もん" meaning in Japanese

See もん in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: mon [romanization]
Etymology: Changed from 物(もの) (mono); became common in the Kantō dialects from the late Edo period. Etymology templates: {{ja-r|物|もの}} 物(もの) (mono) Head templates: {{ja-noun}} もん • (mon)
  1. 物: thing (Alternative form of もの mono)
    Sense id: en-もん-ja-noun-eykRRX3v Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese particles, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 72 28 Disambiguation of Japanese particles: 64 36 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 64 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Particle

Forms: mon [romanization]
Etymology: Changed from 物(もの) (mono); became common in the Kantō dialects from the late Edo period. Etymology templates: {{ja-r|物|もの}} 物(もの) (mono) Head templates: {{ja-pos|particle}} もん • (mon)
  1. Synonym of もの (mono) Synonyms: もの [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-もん-ja-particle-34rGpVuu Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 43 57 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 64 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

soft-redirect

  1. Tags: no-gloss
    Sense id: en-もん-ja-soft-redirect-47DEQpj8

Alternative forms

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              21,
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              16,
              19
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              6,
              8
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          "english": "Such is life.",
          "literal_meaning": "Life is that sort of thing.",
          "roman": "Jinsei wa sonna mon da.",
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              "人",
              "じん"
            ],
            [
              "生",
              "せい"
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              "生",
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Download raw JSONL data for もん meaning in Japanese (2.4kB)

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  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
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  "title": "もん",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
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  "section": "Japanese",
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  "title": "もん",
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-05-29 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-05-20 using wiktextract (e937b02 and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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