ものを
(Mono o)
if only / you should have (regret).
Connection rules
- ＋V plain / i-adj + ものを; na-adj + な + ものを; noun + の + ものを.
- ＋Regret / frustration over someone's inaction or wrong action.
- ＋Often paired with conditional: 言ってくれたらよかったものを ('if only you had told me').
Examples
1.
早く言ってくれればよかったものを。
Hayaku i te kurere ba yoka ta mono o.
If only you had told me sooner.
「if only / you should have (regret)」
2.
素直に謝ればいいものを、彼は頑なだ。
Sunao ni ayamare ba ii mono o, kare wa 頑 na da.
He should just apologize, but he's stubborn.
「if only / you should have (regret)」