modality N2 common casualpolitewritten

〜というものではない — it's not necessarily that ~

〜というものではない ・ というものではない
Builds on という 〜というものだ

Meaning

Key sentence

It's not as though more expensive is always better.

Formation

Attaches toFormExample
clause (plain), often after a conditional [~ば/~たら …] + というものではない たかければいいというものではない

Variants

〜というものでもない 〜というものでもない is a softer variant ('not necessarily ~ either').

Examples

It's not as if apologizing makes everything okay.
It doesn't follow that effort always leads to success.
It's not necessarily true that more rules are better.

When you can't use it

Easily confused with

See 〜というものではない in real sentences

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Sources Compiled from published Japanese grammar references.

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