Another two things - もの (mo-no, 物) and もの (mo-no, 者)

English word "thing" should not be a divine "human being". Native Japanese もの (mo-no) means "a thing" as well as "a person".

The pronunciations are the same and Native Japanese letters are the same too. These two are differentiated only in Chinese characters.

もの (mo-no) - thing　- 物　in Chinese character
もの (mo-no) - person  - 者  in Chinese character

The Chinese character 物 (pronounced as (mo-no) for "thing" is not always used in writing and quite often the Japanese letters もの (mo-no) is used while Chinese character 者 (pronounced as (mo-no)) for "person" is almost always used in writing. These two もの (mo-no)'s differ in meanings and in Chinese characters but the the origin was highly likely, or I would say "definitely", the same. The origin was もの (mo-no) for "thing".

We have a general  Native Japanese word for "person" - ひと (hi-to；人). We differentiate these two words for "person" in the following ways:

1) ひと (hi-to；人) is a general word and can be used independently while  もの (mo-no; 者) is almost always used with "specifier" or "qualifier" word or words. So, you can say ＜ひと (hi-to)は ...... ＞ but you cannot say ＜もの (mo-no; 者) は ...... ＞

2) ひと (hi-to；人) is a general word and can be used with almost any "specifier" or "qualifier" while もの (mo-no; 者) is used with limited "specifier" or "qualifier" word(s), and quite often "bad","unwelcome" one(s).

Examples

おたずねもの(者)（o-ta-zu-ne-mo-no)　- a "wanted" person
おろかもの(者)（na-ma-ke-mo-no)   -  a stupid person
きらわれもの(者)（ki-ra-wa-re-mo-no) 　-  a hated person
くせもの(者)（ku-se-mo-no)   -   an invader into a house, a untrusted or dubious person
すきもの(者)（su-ki-mo-no)   -   a playboy
たわけもの(者)（ta-wa-ke-mo-no)  　-   a stupid person
なまけもの(者)（na-ma-ke-mo-no)   -   a lazy person
ならずもの(者)（na-ra-zu-mo-no)   -   an outlaw
のけもの(者)（no-ke-mo-no)  -   an avoided or neglected person
ばかもの(者)（ba-ka-mo-no)  -   a stupid person
おおばかもの(者)（o-o-ba-ka-mo-no)  -   a "big" stupid person
ひねくれもの(者)（hi-ne-ke-re-mo-no)  - a  "twisted" person
よそもの(者)（yo-so-mo-no)   -   an outsider, a foreigner
わるもの(者)（wa-ru-mo-no)  -   a bad person

Currently neutal but undesirable before 
ひとりもの(者)（hi-to-ri-mo-no)  - an unmarried person

The followings can be regarded as either " a person" or " a thing".
おおもの(者、物)（o-o-mo-no)  -   a big (influential)  person or thing
じゃまもの(者、物)（jya-ma-mo-no)  -   a troublesome and  unwelcome person or a obstacle object
わらいもの(者、物)（wa-ra-i-mo-no)  - an object or arson being laughed at

The last thee examples indicate that the origin of the two もの (mo-no)'s are the same - もの (mo-no) for "thing".

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