代物|しろものshiromono[0]heiban (flat)
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- nounarticle; goods; product
- nounfine thing; fellow; affair; stuffoft. used to appraise sth., esp. ironically
- nounprostitute
- nounprice; cost; money
- Synonym品物しなものNeutralThe everyday, most common word for goods or items; neutral and objective, whereas 「代物」 usually carries a judgement, as in 「とんでもない代物」.
- Synonym物品ぶっぴんWrittenWritten/formal prose term for articles or goods, leaning administrative and legal, as in 「物品税」.
- SynonymしなNeutralNative Japanese word for an item, common in speech; also counts dishes, as in 「一品」.
- Synonym物件ぶっけんNeutralAn article or thing, but nowadays mostly a real-estate listing, as in 「賃貸物件」; the property sense is the focus.
「代物」 covers things and goods, and is the choice when passing judgement on a person or affair — often derogatory or exclamatory, as in 「とんだ代物」. For neutral everyday reference use 「品物」, in written or legal prose 「物品」, and for real estate 「物件」.
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