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〜というもの

for the whole (period), all through

Period (この / ここ + time) + というもの

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というもの after a length of time stresses that something continued for that entire period, and the period feels long: この一週間というもの、ほとんど寝ていない, "I've barely slept this whole week".

The time phrase usually starts with この or ここ ("these past"), and the second half is an unusual continuing state: not sleeping, constant rain, non-stop work.

It's closely related to てからというもの (N2), "ever since", which starts from an event. というもの after a period just stresses its length.

Don't confuse it with というものだ (N2), "that's what … is", or というのは (N3), which defines a word.

Examples

  • この一週間いっしゅうかんというもの、ほとんど寝ねていない。

    I've barely slept this whole week.

  • ここ数年すうねんというもの、休やすみを取とっていない。

    I haven't taken a holiday in all these years.

  • この三日間みっかかんというもの、雨あめが降ふり続つづいている。

    It's been raining non-stop for the past three days.

  • 子犬こいぬが来きてからの一いっか月げつというもの、家いえの中なかがにぎやかだ。

    The whole month since the puppy arrived, the house has been lively.

  • この十年じゅうねんというもの、彼女かのじょは母ははの介護かいごを続つづけてきた。

    For ten long years, she has been caring for her mother.

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