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事事物物 (じじぶつぶつ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

事じ事じ物ぶつ物ぶつ

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Meanings

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noun

everything; all things; every affair

yojijukugo (four-character idiom)

A yojijukugo meaning all things or every matter without exception. Often used in formal or literary contexts to emphasize comprehensiveness.

事じ事じ物ぶつ物ぶつが順じゅん調ちょうに進すすんでいる。
Everything is going smoothly.

彼かれは事じ事じ物ぶつ物ぶつに精せい通つうしている。

He is well-versed in all matters.

Written forms

事じ事じ物ぶつ物ぶつ
Standard kanji spelling for this yojijukugo.
事じ々じ物ぶつ々ぶつ
Variant spelling using iteration marks; less common but still encountered.

Kanji

事matter, thing, fact
物thing, object, matter

Similar words

万ばん事じ
万事 also means 'all things' but is more common in everyday speech and set phrases like 万事休す. 事事物物 is more emphatic and literary.
一いっ切さい
一切 means 'all' or 'everything' and is often used with negatives (一切～ない). 事事物物 is not typically used in negative constructions.

Etymology

A yojijukugo composed of reduplicated 事 (thing, matter) and 物 (thing, object), literally 'things and things, objects and objects', emphasizing every single thing or affair.