【JLPT N1 Grammar】〜ものを（~monowo）

2020年4月30日 2024年9月30日

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Explanation：〜ものを

Meaning
"〜していたら、〜のに（実際じっさいはしなかった）"
不満ふまんや後悔、残念ざんねんだという気持きもちを表あらわします。

"If (subject) had (done something), (something) wouldn't have happened."
Used to express regret or lamentation about a past action or situation. It conveys a sense of wishing that something had been different or that a certain action had not been taken. This phrase often implies a feeling of sorrow or frustration about the consequences of one's actions.

Form
V（plain form）+ ものを
イA（plain form）+ ものを
ナAな / だった + ものを

Points

Expression of Regret: "〜ものを" indicates that the speaker wishes they had acted differently or that a particular situation had not occurred.
Reflective Tone: The phrase typically reflects on a past event, highlighting the speaker's emotional response to it.

JLPT Level
N1

Note
① 古ふるい表現ひょうげんです。
② 会話かいわではあまり使つかいません。

Sample sentenes

ちゃんと先生せんせいの言いう通とおりに勉強べんきょうして入れば、合格ごうかくできたものを。バイトばかりして勉強べんきょうしなかったから落おちたんだよ。
If you had studied properly as the teacher said, you could have passed. But you kept working part-time and didn’t study, so you failed.

彼かれは会社かいしゃをクビになってしまった。上司じょうしにあんなこと言いわなければよかったものを。
He got fired from the company. If only he hadn’t said those things to his boss.

あの時とき、「好すきだ」と言いっていればよかったものを。
If only I had said 'I like you' at that time.

お金かねがなくて、困こまっているなら言いってくれればよかったものを。まさか、彼かれが銀行ぎんこう強盗ごうとうをするなんて。
If he was having trouble with money, he should have told me. I never imagined he would rob a bank.

黙だまっていればバレなかったものを。なんで言いってしまうんだろう。
If you had kept quiet, it wouldn’t have been found out. Why did you have to say it?

Vocabulary

Japanese		English
-	クビになる	to be fired
銀行強盗	ぎんこうごうとう	bank robbery
黙る	だまる	to shut up / to stay silent
-	バレる	to be found out