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Grammar detail: ものだ

ものだ  is (expressing general truth; common sense; emotion; reflection)
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There are several different ways to use ものだ. Its main uses are to express a general truth or common sense, to express strong emotion, or to express a strong opinion.
verb plain form
い adjective
な adjective (including な)
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ものだ
means
~ is the case
Expressing a General Truth or Common Knowledge
どんな
はいゆう
俳優
げき
はじ
まる
まえ
びくびくするもの
Every actor has cold feet just before the beginning of a show.
しも
こお
った
もの
Frost is frozen dew.
その
げき
せいかい
政界
ふうし
風刺
した
もの
The play is a satire on the political world.
これら
ふる
かんしゅう
慣習
せだい
世代
から
せだい
世代
がれてきた
もの
These old customs have been handed down from generation to generation.
Expressing a Strong Emotion
モーツァルト
おんがく
音楽
いつも
わたし
にとって
よろこ
あた
えてくれる
もの
The music of Mozart is always pleasing to me.
みずぼうそう
こども
子供
たち
にとってかゆい
めいわく
迷惑
もの
Chicken pox is an itchy nuisance for kids.
わたし
よくもそんな
くち
きき
かた
できるもの
How dare you speak to me like that?
Expressing a Strong Opinion
かね
それ
じたい
自体
なに
いみ
意味
ないもの
Money, as such, has no meaning.
かれ
こども
子供
あつか
かた
ときたらひどいもの
It's a crime the way he treats his children.
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Kanji used in this grammar

ハイ    actor; haiku   
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ユウ   すぐれる to excel   やさしい kind   
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ゲキ    dramatic, drama, play   
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シ   はじめる to begin, to start (something)   はじまる to begin, to commence   
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ゼン   まえ before   
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ソウ   しも frost   
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ロ   ロウ    public, open   つゆ dew   
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トウ   こお to freeze   こごえる to be chilled, numbed, frozen   
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セイ   ショウ   まつりごと government   
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カイ    world   
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フ   フウ   かぜ wind   かざ-    
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シ   さ to stab   ささる to prick   
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コ   ふる old   -ふる to grow old   
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カン   なれる to get used to   ならす to tame   
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シュウ   なら to learn   
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セ   セイ   よ the world   
タイ   ダイ   かえる to replace, to exchange   かわる to be exchanged   よ the world   しろ substitute   
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ジュ   うける to receive, to accept   うかる to pass (an exam)    
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ケイ   つ to follow, succeed to, inherit   
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オン   イン   sound   おと    ね    
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ガク   ラク    music   たのしい happy, pleasant   たのしむ to be happy   
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シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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キ   よろこ to rejoice   
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ヨ   あたえる to grant, give, bestow   
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シ   ス   こ child   
キョウ   ク   そなえる to make an offering   とも servant, attendant   
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メイ   perplexed   まよ to be perplexed   
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ワク   uncertain   まど to be uncertain, bewildered   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ホウ   かた way, direction   
キン   コン   かね gold; money   
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ジ   シ   みずか self   
タイ   テイ   からだ body   
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カ   なに    なん what?   
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イ    idea   
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ミ   あじ taste   あじわう to taste   
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ヒ   かれ he   
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あつか to handle   あつか handling   
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