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物心が付く

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 物心が付く.

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Entry

物心が付く物心がつくものごころがつくExpressionGodan verbFreq #40847
1

to become old enough to understand what's going on around oneself (of a child, etc.)

Examples
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.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

thing, object, matter

8 strokesFrequency 215JLPT N3Grade 3

On

ブツモツ

Kun

ものもの-

heart, mind, spirit, heart radical (no. 61)

4 strokesFrequency 157JLPT N3Grade 2

On

シン

Kun

こころ-ごころ

adhere, attach, refer to, append

5 strokesFrequency 322JLPT N2Grade 4

On

Kun

つ.ける-つ.ける-づ.けるつ.けつ.け--つ.け-づ.け-づけつ.く-づ.くつ.き-つ.き-つき-づ.き-づき

Nanori

つけ

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