How to say "souvenir" in Japanese

• 引き出物ひきでものCommon
  nounCovers 'souvenir' only in the sense of a gift given to guests at a wedding banquet as a memento of the day; it is not the word for a souvenir bought while traveling.
  従兄弟いとこの結婚式けっこんしきの引き出物ひきでものに鍋なべをもらった。↗

  We were given a pot as a gift of my cousin's wedding party.
• 形見かたみCommon
  nounA memento or keepsake, especially of a deceased person — something kept in remembrance of them, often an heirloom; it is not used for a souvenir from a trip.
  これは亡なくなった夫おっとの形見かたみとしてお受け取うけとりください。↗

  Please accept this as a keep-sake of my husband.
• 記念きねんJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounA memento or keepsake in the sense of something that commemorates a memorable occasion; it is about marking an event, not about gifts for guests or keepsakes of the deceased.
  アメリカ旅行りょこうのよい記念きねんになります。↗

  This will be a good souvenir of my trip around the United States.

Choose by occasion: 「引き出物」 is the gift given to guests at a wedding banquet, 形見 a keepsake especially of someone who has died, and 記念 a memento marking a memorable occasion.

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• 引き出物ひきでものgift
• 形見かたみmemento (esp. of a deceased person)
• 土産物みやげものsouvenir
• 土産品みやげひんsouvenir
• スーベニアsouvenir
• スーブニールsouvenir
• 記念物きねんぶつsouvenir
• 記念品きねんひんsouvenir
• 引き物ひきものgift
• 忘れ形見わすれがたみmemento (from a dead person)
• おみやpresent
• ソンムルgift
• 記念きねんmemento
• 土産どさんpresent
• 苞つとlocal produce
• 松の葉まつのはsmall gift