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Grammar detail: そのもの

そのもの - itself

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そのもの

means

~ itself

そのもの is used to emphasize the preceding noun. Where が would simply indicate grammatically that the noun is the subject, そのもの adds emphasis to indicate that it is the main issue at hand. Often this can conveniently be translated as '(the thing) itself' in English, for example:

そのものは

ではない。
Knowledge is not an end in itself.

Sometimes a slightly more involved way of emphasizing the subject is needed:

の

は

だとは

うが、

いたいことそのものは

できる。
I think his manner of speaking is rude, but I can understand what it is he wants to say.

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Kanji used in this grammar

知

チしる to know

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識

シキ knowledge, discrimination

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目

ボクモク eye ま- め

2

的

テキまと target

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2

彼

ヒかれ he

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3

言

ゲンゴン say; word こと word, saying いう to say

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2

方

ホウかた way, direction

2

失

シツうしなう to lose

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3

礼

ライレイ thanks, salutation

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3

思

シおもう to think

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2

理

リ logic

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解

カイゲとく to untie, solve, resolve とける to come undone, disappear とかす to melt, dissolve

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3

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