How to say "furniture" in Japanese

• 家具かぐJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounThe common word for furniture itself — tables, chairs, cabinets and the like. Use it when buying, moving or arranging furniture, such as a sofa or a desk.
  部屋へやには家具かぐがない。↗

  The room was bare of furniture.
• 調度ちょうどCommon
  nounPoints to a home's furnishings and fixtures taken as a whole — household items rather than single pieces of furniture; it fits talk of how a house is furnished.
• 備品びひんCommon
  nounEquipment and fixtures provided at an office, school or other facility; it is not the word for household furniture, but for what an institution keeps on hand.
  研究所けんきゅうしょ用よう備品びひんは３月がつ１５日かまでに間違まちがいなく配達はいたつできます。↗

  I'm certain we can deliver the laboratory equipment by March 15th.
• 器物きぶつCommon
  nounReally means utensils and implements — vessels, tools and the like — and is only marginally 'furniture'; seldom the word you want when English says furniture.

Use 家具 for furniture itself; 調度 for a home's furnishings and fixtures as a whole; 備品 for equipment and fixtures supplied at a facility; 器物 is really 'utensil' or 'implement', only marginally 'furniture'.

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• 家具かぐfurniture
• 調度ちょうどhousehold items
• 備品びひんequipment
• ファニチャーfurniture
• 家什かじゅうfurniture
• 什物じゅうもつfurniture
• 什器じゅうきutensil
• 道具どうぐfurniture
• 器物きぶつutensil
• 込め物こめものfurniture