物する

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of 物する – see the following entry at ものする.
ものする【物する】 [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. (intransitive) to be; to exist; to be born; to die; to go; to come; etc. (intransitive, Edo period jargon) to have sex (intransitive) Used as a subsidiary verb, usually after …に (… ni): to be … (transitive) to say; to write; to eat; to give; etc. [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. (intransitive) to be; to exist; to be born; to die; to go; to come; etc. (intransitive, Edo period jargon) to have sex (intransitive) Used as a subsidiary verb, usually after …に (… ni): to be … (transitive) to say; to write; to eat; to give; etc. (transitive, Edo period jargon) to embezzle; to steal (transitive) to write; to compose; to finish (a poem, a piece of writing, etc.)
(This term, 物する, is a kanji spelling of ものする.)

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