しな・品・科・階shina[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounarticle; item; thing; goods; stockesp. 品
   ここでお買い上かいあげの品しなは無料むりょうで配達はいたつします。↗

   Articles bought here will be delivered free of charge.
2. nounquality
3. nounflirtatiousness; coquetryesp. 科

• SynonymものNeutralThe most general word for things of any kind; 「品」 is narrower, covering goods and merchandise, and can also mean quality.
• Synonym品物しなものNeutralGoods or merchandise as items to be traded, as in 「品物を届ける」; close to 「品」 but more concrete.
• Synonym物品ぶっぴんWrittenA written, formal word for articles or goods, as in 「物品税」; mostly seen in official documents and accounting.
• Synonym物件ぶっけんNeutralArticles or items, but in modern usage mostly real-estate listings, as in 「賃貸物件」.
• SynonymアイテムNeutralA loanword for individual items, must-haves or in-game items, as in 「必須アイテム」.
• Synonym気品きひんNeutralAn air of elegance or refinement, as in 「気品が漂う」; corresponds to 「品」 read 「ひん」, not the goods sense 「しな」.
• Synonym代物しろものNeutralA thing or a person, usually carrying an evaluation that can be good or bad, as in 「とんでもない代物」.
• Related代物しろものNeutralA thing or a person, usually carrying an evaluation that can be good or bad, as in 「とんでもない代物」.
• Related品位ひんいWrittenThe refinement or class of a person or thing, as in 「品位がある」; a written-flavored word, close to 「品」 in its quality sense.
• RelatedレベルNeutralA loanword for level or grade, as in 「レベルが高い」; it does not refer to physical items.
• Related品格ひんかくWrittenA person's dignity and bearing, tending toward written prose; corresponds to 「品」 read 「ひん」, as in 「品がある」, not the goods sense 「しな」.
• Related貫禄かんろくNeutralA person's dignity or imposing presence, as in 「貫禄がある」; unrelated to the goods sense of 「品」 read 「しな」, close to the 「ひん」 sense of personal quality.

Use 「品」 or 「品物」 for goods and items; in formal writing say 「物品」, and for real estate 「物件」. アイテム covers individual items and game items, while 代物 evaluates a thing or person. When 「品」 itself is read 「ひん」 it means a person's refinement; the related nouns are 「品位」「品格」「気品」, with 「貫禄」 for imposing presence and 「レベル」 for level.

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1. （しな）人ひとが使用しようしたり消費しょうひする対象たいしょう。もの。品物しなもの。
2. （ヒン　しな）料理りょうりの皿数さらかずを数かぞえる。