というものだ details
Examples
that's what you call X; that is simply what it amounts to — names the situation just described, usually as a judgment on it
何もかも人のせいにするのは、甘えっていうもんだよ。
nanimokamo hito no sei ni suru no wa, amaette iu mon da yo.
Blaming everything on other people — that's just wanting to be coddled. casual
困っている人を放っておけないのが人情というものだ。
komatte iru hito o houtte okenai no ga ninjou to iu mono da.
Not being able to leave someone in trouble — that's what human feeling is. neutral
皆様のご協力があってこそ、この計画も前に進むというものです。
minasama no go kyouryoku ga atte koso, kono keikaku mo mae ni susumu to iu mono desu.
It is only with everyone's cooperation that this project can move forward at all. formal
Formation
plain clause + というものだattaches to plain clause評価の名詞 + というものだattaches to noun phrase (schematic)
Notes
言いがかり. With a concrete noun the frame reparses: 猫というものだ
starts a definition rather than passing a verdict.
Related patterns
Similar
ものだ states a standing truth about how things generally are and hangs off a predicate (人は間違えるものだ); というものだ points back at the situation just described and NAMES it (それは甘えというものだ) — the という is what turns a general observation into a verdict on this particular case.
わけだ says a conclusion FOLLOWS from what was just said, and can be answered by disputing the logic; というものだ says what the situation IS to be called, and can only be answered by disputing the label — 道理で〜わけだ has no というものだ counterpart.
Lookalikes
One tail apart and easy to skim past — というものだ hands down the verdict, while というものではない refuses a proposed principle wholesale (安ければいいというものではない); missing the ではない turns a rejection into an endorsement.
Same meaning
that's just how it is; that's what you call it
| Pattern | Attaches to |
|---|---|
| ものだ |