How to say "generic" in Japanese

• 汎用はんようCommon
  suru verb, transitive verb, no-adjectiveA common word for 'generic' meaning general-purpose or all-purpose: not tied to one specific use, the opposite of specialized. Typical of technical descriptions of machinery or software.
• ジェネリック
  noun, prenominal modifierA loanword for 'generic'. In Japanese it is used chiefly of generic medicines — the drugs also called 後発品 — so choose it mainly in that context.
• 後発品こうはつひん
  nounA pharmaceutical term for a generic drug: a medicine brought out later as an equivalent of an earlier one; also covers 'me-too' drugs. A drug term only, not a general way to say 'generic'.
• ノーブランド
  nounUsed of goods rather than medicines: 'generic' in the sense of having no brand name — unbranded, off-brand merchandise. Fits no-name products sold alongside branded ones.
• ノンブランド
  no-adjectiveSays the same thing as ノーブランド: unbranded, off-brand goods. A less common variant, so for the 'generic (goods)' sense ノーブランド is usually the word you want.

Use 汎用 for the general-purpose, not-specialized sense of 'generic'; 「ジェネリック」 or 後発品 for generic drugs; and 「ノーブランド」 or 「ノンブランド」 for generic, off-brand goods.

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• 汎用はんようgeneric
• ジェネリックgeneric
• 後発品こうはつひんgeneric (drug)
• ノーブランドoff-brand
• ノンブランドoff-brand
• ノーブラgeneric (goods)