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SILVER ERA · ことばを、少しずつ。
JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

〜ものを

N1
mono o

if only (..., but); although (regret or reproach)

Formation

Verb-plain / i-Adj / na-Adj + な + ものを

Chinese meanings

本来……却……

Chinese formation

动词、い形容词简体/な形容词+な+ものを

Chinese usage

对事情没有按本可实现的方式发展表示遗憾或责备。

Chinese notes

常与ば、たら连用,也可用于句末。

Examples

  • 一ひと言こと相そう談だんしてくれれば手て伝つだったものを、どうして一ひと人りで抱かかえ込こんだのか。
    If only you'd asked me, I would have helped — why did you keep it all to yourself?
    你要是跟我商量一句,我本可以帮忙,为什么要独自承担?
  • すぐに病びょう院いんへ行いけば軽かるく済すんだものを、我が慢まんしたせいで入にゅう院いんする羽は目めになった。
    It would have been minor if he'd gone to the hospital right away, but because he put up with it, he ended up hospitalized.
    要是马上去医院,本来不至于这么严重,却因为一直忍着而不得不住院。
  • 黙だまっていればいいものを、彼かれは余よ計けいなことを言いって話はなしをこじらせた。
    He should have just kept quiet, but he said something unnecessary and complicated matters.
    他本来保持沉默就好,却多嘴把事情弄复杂了。

Notes

Regret, dissatisfaction or reproach that things didn't go as they could have. Often with 〜ば / 〜たら; can end the sentence: 言ってくれればよかったものを.

#regret#criticism

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import { getGrammarById } from 'kotowa';
getGrammarById('mono-o');
{
  "id": "mono-o",
  "pattern": "〜ものを",
  "romaji": "mono o",
  "level": "N1",
  "meaning": "if only (..., but); although (regret or reproach)",
  "formation": "Verb-plain / i-Adj / na-Adj + な + ものを",
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "一言相談してくれれば手伝ったものを、どうして一人で抱え込んだのか。",
      "furigana": "{一言|ひとこと}{相談|そうだん}してくれれば{手伝|てつだ}ったものを、どうして{一人|ひとり}で{抱|かか}え{込|こ}んだのか。",
      "en": "If only you'd asked me, I would have helped — why did you keep it all to yourself?"
    },
    {
      "ja": "すぐに病院へ行けば軽く済んだものを、我慢したせいで入院する羽目になった。",
      "furigana": "すぐに{病院|びょういん}へ{行|い}けば{軽|かる}く{済|す}んだものを、{我慢|がまん}したせいで{入院|にゅういん}する{羽目|はめ}になった。",
      "en": "It would have been minor if he'd gone to the hospital right away, but because he put up with it, he ended up hospitalized."
    },
    {
      "ja": "黙っていればいいものを、彼は余計なことを言って話をこじらせた。",
      "furigana": "{黙|だま}っていればいいものを、{彼|かれ}は{余計|よけい}なことを{言|い}って{話|はなし}をこじらせた。",
      "en": "He should have just kept quiet, but he said something unnecessary and complicated matters."
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "regret",
    "criticism"
  ],
  "notes": "Regret, dissatisfaction or reproach that things didn't go as they could have. Often with 〜ば / 〜たら; can end the sentence: 言ってくれればよかったものを.",
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "bda2ece175c9f8233f804fac4d3e26b89ead2141fe0aed18edb3b4faa7f20a3f",
    "meanings": [
      "本来……却……"
    ],
    "formation": "动词、い形容词简体/な形容词+な+ものを",
    "explanation": "对事情没有按本可实现的方式发展表示遗憾或责备。",
    "notes": "常与ば、たら连用,也可用于句末。",
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "一言相談してくれれば手伝ったものを、どうして一人で抱え込んだのか。",
        "zh": "你要是跟我商量一句,我本可以帮忙,为什么要独自承担?"
      },
      {
        "ja": "すぐに病院へ行けば軽く済んだものを、我慢したせいで入院する羽目になった。",
        "zh": "要是马上去医院,本来不至于这么严重,却因为一直忍着而不得不住院。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "黙っていればいいものを、彼は余計なことを言って話をこじらせた。",
        "zh": "他本来保持沉默就好,却多嘴把事情弄复杂了。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "sources/grammar/n1.json#mono-o",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "6bf8c45fb61e255e89ddbcb79605fa227278bda6b134d9e28f90947c9c016753"
  }
}