also: ものたち
abstinence; giving up something
Refers to voluntarily abstaining from something, often for religious, health, or personal discipline reasons. Commonly used in contexts like fasting from food or giving up a habit.
I started giving up sweets for my health.
He practices abstinence as part of his training.
Standard kanji spelling. The reading ものだち is more common than ものたち.
Alternate reading; less common than ものだち.
Compound of 物 (もの, thing) and 断ち (たち, cutting off, from 断つ). The reading ものだち is a rendaku form.