物心 ものごころ
monogokoroga tsuku

Godan Verb (ku)
Expression

1. to become old enough to understand what's going on around oneself (of a child, etc.)

ぼく ははのことを らない。物心 ものごころがつく まえ、母 はは いえ ったからだ。
bokuwa hahano kotō shiranai. busshinga tsuku maeniha haga ieo dete ittakarada
I don't know anything about my mother. Before I was old enough to remember, she left our home.
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