one's own property; possessions
Refers to something one owns or treats as one's own. Often used in set phrases like 我が物顔 (acting as if one owns the place) or 我が物にする (to make something one's own).
He runs the company as if he owns it.
They schemed to make that land their own.
Standard kanji-kana mixed spelling.
Kana spelling of the second element; common in everyday writing.
Abbreviated kanji form; less common.
Compound of 我が (wa ga, 'my') and 物 (mono, 'thing'). The exact historical derivation is straightforward; the phrase has been used since classical Japanese to mean 'one's own thing'.