そのもの

expression, noun, noun, used as a suffix

the very thing; itself

Used as a noun meaning 'the thing itself' or as a suffix emphasizing that something is exactly what the preceding noun describes. When used as a suffix, it attaches to nouns to mean '... itself' or 'the very ...'.

• 問もん題だいはそのものではなく、対たい応おうの仕し方かただ。

  The problem is not the thing itself, but how we deal with it.

• 彼かれの態たい度どそのものが気きに入いらない。

  I don't like his attitude itself.