Object or Thing
October 7, 2009
by Nao
mono, butsu, motsu
Mono is an object or a thing whether you can see it or not. This does not mean an event, unlike the character, koto. However, things in general are jibutsu, or monogoto. These words use the same characters in different orders and readings. While jibutsu places emphasis on objects, monogoto mainly indicates events. As for these words, the second character of each compound is more important than the other character.
Sakumotsu is a crop as I have mentioned here the other day. Motsu is this character meaning stuff.
Monogatari is a story, a tale, a narrative, or an account. Gatari comes from the verb, kataru, which means to tell. Genji monogatari (The Tale of Genji) is a Japanese classic written by Murasaki Shikibu in the Heian period.
As her contemporary, Sei Shōnagon, wrote, an aesthetic sense, mononoaware, has been shared among the Japanese since those days. Mononoaware is the pathos of things aroused when you see beautiful things.
Mono also works as prefix meaning somehow or without knowing why. Monoganashii is somehow gloomy. Monoshizuka means somehow quiet. Monosabishii describes something looking lonely.
Draw the left-hand side first.
- Draw the sweeping stroke on the left.
- Draw the horizontal stroke touching the previous stroke.
- Draw the vertical stroke.
- Draw the upward stroke from the lower left.
- Go to the top. Draw the sweeping stroke.
- Draw the hook. When you change the direction of the brush, make a nice shoulder. Don’t forget the upward turn at the bottom.
- Draw the sweeping stroke inside the hook.
- Draw the longer sweeping stroke between the last two strokes.
